Yes, you need to peel a jicamaâs thick, papery skin, but please do not peel jicama skin with a vegetable peeler! A chefâs knife will give you much better (and safer) results. Cut a thin slice from the top and bottom of the jicama to create a flat surface on each end. Rest the jicama on its broadest cut end.
In this way, vertebral fracture cases are quite common in orthopedic practices and they should ensure accurate orthopedic medical coding to ensure due reimbursement, especially when ICD-10 is on board. In ICD-9, a single code 733.13 was used to report pathological fracture for vertebrae. But ICD-10 codes are more specific and require more details regarding the fractures. You should consider the following while coding for vertebral fractures in ICD-10. Cause of Fracture and Episode of Care. It is very important to specifically identify the underlying cause of the fracture for correct ICD-10 medical coding for vertebral fractures.
QUESTION: What is the correct ICD-9-CM procedure code to report a reconstruction polydactyly? The CPT code is 28344, but I'm not sure whether ICD-9-CM procedure code 86.26 is the correct code? ANSWER: Procedure code 86.26 (ligation of dermal appendage) is also used for the ligation of supernumerary toe. The term polydactyly indicates that the patient has more than five fingers or toes, and the term supernumerary means having more than the normal number.