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{{ICD10 transition status | OldDxArticle = Pathological Fractures | CurrentStatus = reconciled | InitialEditorAssigned = Michelle Lagadi }} == Additional Info == '''Includes''' *skull base dehiscence *Use this code for bone discontinuity problems that are not coded anywhere else. *SPECIFICALLY: Malunion or Nonunion of a bone -- these refer to problems with a bone failing to repair itself some time '''''after''''' a fracture of any cause (traumatic or nontraumatic). *Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly. *Note that this is a one-size-fit-all code in that it does not include the specific bone that failed to knit properly. *Includes: Osteophytes * see [[Coding fractures in ICD10]] for more info. == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == * [[Bone, disorder NOS]] * {{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Pathologic fracture}} It may also help you to see '''[[Coding fractures in ICD10]]''' == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == == Related CCI Codes == {{Data Integrity Check List}} == Related Articles == {{Related Articles}} {{ICD10 footer}} {{EndPlaceHolder}}
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