View source for Vertebra, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease

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{{ICD10 category|Fracture}}{{ICD10 category|Neoplastic}} {{ICD10 category|Musculoskeletal/soft tissue}} 
== Additional Info ==
*Use this code for a a fracture of any vertebrae that is due to bony involvement by a neoplasm (can be malignant or benign) that has weakened the bone and led to the fracture.

== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
*It may also help you to see '''[[Coding fractures in ICD10]]'''
*BUT IN PARTICULAR, note that there are other codes for pathologic fracture due to neoplasms
**[[Femur or pelvis, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease]]
**[[Vertebra, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease]]
**[[Bone NOS, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease]]

== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] ==
*Also code the cancer, and if relevent, that there are bony mets.

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