tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2001 Issue 4

Reader Question: Treatment Versus Reduction

Question: Are the terms closed reduction and closed treatment synonymous? How could you say you treated a fracture without some type of manipulation?Cheryl StarnerKansas City, Mo.Answer: Most likely they are the same. However, for clarity, physicians should use the more correct term of closed reduction. If there is a difference between the two, it would be that a fracture that does not require reduction, and is simply casted, might be closed treatment, while a displaced or angulated fracture that is reduced and then casted may be closed reduction. Closed means that no incision was made in the...

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