Subsequent Care

“We had a patient present with a fracture of her foot. The debate in the office is the ICD-10-CM definition of “subsequent care” as it refers to trauma. We saw the patient, diagnosed a fracture, and chose to treat with conservative care. Would those follow up visits be considered “subsequent care” or “initial care” while we follow through with the initial treatment for the fracture? Thank you for the input.”

“We had a patient present with a fracture of her foot. The debate in the office is the ICD-10-CM definition of “subsequent care” as it refers to trauma. We saw the patient, diagnosed a fracture and chose to treat the fracture with conservative care. Would those follow up visits be considered “subsequent care” or “initial care” while we follow through with the initial treatment for the fracture?”