A: The mandible is one of the ring – like bony structures that only receives 1 code. You should code it to the largest mass area. As you go down the codes under mandible, they increase in body mass, so you would use the code for symphysis/parasymphysis 250614.2
Q: How would you code this finding? Acute left parasymphyseal fracture of the left hemi mandible. Fracture of the angle of the right hemi mandible. When reviewing the physician notes they state, “right angle and left parasymphseal displaced mandible fractures.”
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