Is code 27236, Open treatment of femoral fracture, proximal end, neck, internal fixation or prosthetic replacement, the appropriate code to report the repair of a trochanteric fracture when the patient has an osteoporotic comminuted femoral neck fracture due to the fragility of the osteoporotic bone?
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