A 47-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle acci¬dent. He was driving on t

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A 47-year-old male is involved in a motor vehicle acci¬dent. He was driving on the highway when his car collided with another vehicle. He was brought to the hospital with a lower arm injury. The physician obtained an x-ray of the arm and, after careful review and inter¬pretation of the x-ray, rendered a diagnosis of lower arm fracture. The physician repaired the arm fracture using open reduction and internal fixation (reposition of the right radius with internal fixation using a percutaneous endoscopic approach). What diagnosis and procedure code(s) are reported?

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the diagnosis code of lower arm fracture according to 2017/18 ICD -10 CM DIAGNOSIS CODE IS S52.92XA

THE procedure code or CPT CODE for open reduction with internal fixation is 25607

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