Fixation

CCI component 2 codes - what was done
Procedure:	Fixation
CCI 2 code:	74
CCI Collection Mode:	CCI collect each

This procedure is a part of CCI Collection. This is one of the CCI component 2 codes - what was done.

Additional Info

• Refers to a procedure to stabilize or fix a body part, broken bone, either internally or externally

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)

Collecting "CCI collect each" items

• "CCI collect each" items are entered each time they happen
• Px Date
  • if an Acquired Procedure, enter the Px Date for each day that they happen
  • if an Admit Procedure leave the date blank
• Px Count
  • if they happen more than once on a day, enter the number of times for that day, otherwise enter a Px Count of 1

Px Date for patients who move

See Px Date#Moves=== 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.

Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition

• CCI component 2 codes - what was done

Related ICD10 Codes

(enter links to ICD10 codes that would likely go with this CCI procedure, but only in case of close relation, ie not every dx that might require this procedure)

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