I have a question regarding a Home Health account that I was coding on a patient that had a slow-healing wound of a periprosthetic implant fracture. The fracture itself is healing routinely, but the skin and subcutaneous tissue is slowly healing. Here’s the question…would I use the "G" for the 7th character to capture the fracture code or would I use a "D" since that part is routinely healing, and use the T81.89XD for the skin complication. It is not dehisced or disrupted just slow healing. We are trying to figure this out.
Thanks for any help out there! Much appreciated.

Diann DoBran CPC, COC
Mad River Community Hospital Home Health