Chest injuries
Pneumothorax or hemothorax is often is often present with severe flail injuries and rapid placement of an intercostals catheter may partially relieve the respiratory distress. Especially with anterior chest injuries that include sternal fractures or disruption of costal cartilages the probability of myocardial contusion must be considered. Serial electrocardiograms cardiac isoenzyme determinations, and radioisotope delineation of inured myocardium may be appropriate for correlation with clinical evidence of cardiac failure or pericardial friction rubs.ICD10 Certification will help in the appropiate reimbursement and collections, stay with HIPAA compliance and get more collections.
