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Final Diagnosis: 1 - Displaced fracture of femur 2 -Fracture of left radius Our coder submits the following codes for reimbursement: 1 - S72.351C -

Final Diagnosis: 1 - Displaced fracture of femur 2 -Fracture of left radius Our coder submits the following codes for reimbursement: 1 - S72.351C - Displaced fracture, comminuted shaft of femur, initial encounter for treatment of open fracture type IIIB 2 - S52.532A - Colles' fracture of left radius, initial encounter for closed fracture 3 - V03.10XA - Pedestrian, on foot, injured in collision with car, pick-up truck, or van in traffic accident, initial encounter 4 - Y92.410A - Unspecified street and highway as the place of occurrence of the external cause You already know that each scenario listed has something wrong with it; now it is up to you to determine what is incorrect. Looking at the diagnoses listed what code should be changed in order for this coding scenario to be correct for submission? Group of answer choices S52.532A - Colles' fracture of left radius, initial encounter for closed fracture - code is not valid with an A on it, it should be a C S72.351C - Displaced fracture, comminuted shaft of femur, initial encounter for treatment of open fracture type IIIB - code is incorrect with the C on it, should be an A V03.10XA - Pedestrian

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