Explain your index path and how you determined which code(s) to assign to your case. If there are coding guidelines applicable to this case, make sure you include those guidelines in your explanation
Operative Note
Preoperative Diagnosis: Painful left wrist
Postoperative Diagnosis: Closed distal radial fracture
Operation: Closed reduction of left wrist
Under satisfactory general anesthesia the patient was placed in supine
position. The hand was secured with traction. The fracture was reduced
and the alignment was checked with imaging.
Assign appropriate CPT code(s) and indicate the index entries.
Appending modifiers are optional, but would be good practice.