Documentation shorthand

Fx

fracture

A broken bone, in chart shorthand — "R hip Fx". Follows the same pattern as Dx, Tx, Hx, Sx.

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Tested in the "x" family: Dx, Tx, Hx, Sx, Rx, Fx. Items ask which one means which.

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