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Code This Chest Wall Contusion Case

Published on Wed Sep 23, 2026

Question: A new patient visits an orthopedist after falling from a second-story window. The patient reports pain in the left chest and pectoral region. On examination, the orthopedist finds tenderness and mild swelling in the affected area, and the patient rates the pain as 5 out of 10. The orthopedist orders a four-view rib bilateral X-ray series with a posteroanterior [...]
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