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The fracture section ICD-10 begins with what code?

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When you start using ICD-10-CM, you will code the acute injury code with the 7th digit D, “subsequent encounter” for most fractures, or one of the other appropriate subsequent-encounter codes mentioned earlier to represent routine or delayed healing, nonunion, or malunion.

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