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.
ICD-10 Coding of Strain and Sprains and Proper use of A, D and S extensions. The coding for strains and sprains is more specific in ICD10 as there are separate codes for strains and sprains while ICD9 uses one code to designate strain or sprain. For instance for cervical spine, 847.0 is used in ICD9 to indicate a strain and sprain while ICD10 has separate codes for each. The base code for cervical strain is S13.4 and cervical sprain is S16.1. However, to be complete the codes have to be to 7 characters in length with the 7th character and A, D, or S.