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A patient has a greenstick fracture of the right radial shaft. It is treated by surgically placing a bone plate on the distal radial shaft. What ICD-10-CM code is reported? a. M84.439A b. S52.301B c. S52.90XA d. S52.311A

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A patient has a greenstick fracture of the right radial shaft. It is treated by surgically placing a bone plate on the distal radial shaft. What ICD-10-CM code is reported? a. M84.439A b. S52.301B c. S52.90XA d. S52.311A

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The correct ICD-10-CM code for a greenstick fracture of the right radial shaft treated by surgically placing a bone plate on the distal radial shaft is S52.301B. This code is specific for a greenstick fracture of the shaft of the radius, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II.

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