A ten-year old patient presents to the hospital ED following a fall…

Question Answered step-by-step A ten-year old patient presents to the hospital ED following a fall… A ten-year old patient presents to the hospital ED following a fall from a jungle gym. The patient is complaining of arm pain. The ED physician examines the patient and orders radiographic films of the child’s right arm, wrist, and hand. The radiologist’s report indicates a normal forearm and hand x-ray. However, the wrist x-ray reveals that the child has a Colles’ fracture. The patient’s wrist is placed in a cast, and she is discharged from the ED. On her ED record, the physician documents, “Colles’ fracture.” The ED coder locates the code for Colles’ fracture. The coder should: A. Query the physician to ask that the wrist x-ray be properly documentedB. Assign and report a code for the Colles’ fractureC. Assign codes for the Colles’ fracture, forearm fracture and hand fractureD. Query the physician to ask whether arm pain should also be coded Health Science Science Nursing Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)