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A Dr. Jeanne Morrison, PhD , Family Medicine, answered. You can manage a closed fracture on a daily basis by elevation of the extremity, ice in the early stage (be careful not to burn the skin - keep a layer of padding between the ice bag and the skin), and rest. Good nutrition and adequate hydration is also important.
Use of these codes is only appropriate if the emergency physician provides a significant portion of the global fracture care. 1 If the emergency physician does not provide restorative care and definitive treatment 2 of a fracture and/or dislocation, the preferred means of reporting this service would be to use Emergency Department Evaluation and Management codes, and to include the appropriate procedure code if a cast or splint was applied.