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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*This is a type of "what was done" to the body part in question --- it applies to Therapeutic Procedures only. | *This is a type of "what was done" to the body part in question --- it applies to Therapeutic Procedures only. | ||
*Refers to a procedure to stabilize or fix a body part. | |||
*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 things together (e.g. fusion of spinal bones), then use [[Fusion]] instead of [[Fixation]]. | |||
{{CCI_Therapeutic}} | {{CCI_Therapeutic}} | ||
Revision as of 08:34, 2018 April 12
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
- This is a type of "what was done" to the body part in question --- it applies to Therapeutic Procedures only.
- Refers to a procedure to stabilize or fix a body part.
- 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 things together (e.g. fusion of spinal bones), then use Fusion instead of Fixation.
Alternate CCIs to consider coding instead or in addition
- a different code in Category:Therapeutic Procedure
Other procedure in Therapeutic Procedure: |
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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