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{{CCI_2_Procedure_component | {{CCI_2_Procedure_component | ||
| CCI_2_Code = 74 | | CCI_2_Code = 74 | ||
| CCI_Category = Therapeutic Procedure | | CCI_Category = Therapeutic Procedure | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Refers to a procedure to stabilize or fix a body part, broken bone, either internally or externally | |||
*Refers to a procedure to stabilize or fix a body part. | |||
'''Includes''' | |||
* Internal fixation by mechanical devices such as metal plates, pins, rods, wires or screws. | |||
* External fixation: halo, casts, back slabs, walking casts, splints, and/or slings | |||
* IMN (intramedullary Nailing) | |||
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{{CCI_Therapeutic}}=== Fusion vs Fixation === | |||
*The subtlety here is to distinguish it from '''[[Fusion]]''' of a body part which is also used to stabilize things -- so if the way the stabilization was done was by fusing 2 similar and adjacent body parts together (e.g. fusion of 2 or more spinal bones), then use '''[[Fusion]]''' instead of [[Fixation]]. | *The subtlety here is to distinguish it from '''[[Fusion]]''' of a body part which is also used to stabilize things -- so if the way the stabilization was done was by fusing 2 similar and adjacent body parts together (e.g. fusion of 2 or more spinal bones), then use '''[[Fusion]]''' instead of [[Fixation]]. | ||
== Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||