BC Advantage - 2021 Issue 6

PCS Coding for Ankle Fracture - Look Deeper Into the Codes

If you're looking for ankle fractures in ICD-10-PCS, you may need to look a little deeper. Let's take a look at coding an ankle fracture such as a trimalleolar fracture. PCS coding can be confusing as it is nothing like CPT coding; with CPT we can simply code an ankle fracture.With ICD-10-PCS if a provider is used to just documenting a bimalleolar or trimalleolar fracture like the CPT codes below, additional documentation will be required to understand the exact bones and location involved to properly code with ICD-10-PCS.   27808 Closed treatment of bimalleolar ankle fracture27816 Closed...

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