What Is the Correct Code for a Patient with a Salter-Harris

question 15

Multiple Choice

What is the correct code for a patient with a Salter-Harris type I physeal fracture of the upper end of the right femur being seen today for a recheck of the healing fracture?

• A) S79.011A
• B) S79.011D
• C) S79.011G
• D) S79.011K

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