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{{ICD10 category|Musculoskeletal/soft tissue}} | {{ICD10 category|Musculoskeletal/soft tissue}}{{ICD10 category|Fracture}}{{ICD10 category|Pathological fracture}} | ||
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*A pathologic fracture is a fracture that is a consequence of a bone weakening by some process within the bone. | *A pathologic fracture is a fracture that is a consequence of a bone weakening by some process within the bone. | ||
*Use this code for a bone fracture that is deemed to be pathologic but the process that weaked the bone is NOT a neoplasm ('''[[Bone, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease]]''') or osteoporosis ('''[[Osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]]'''). | *Use this code for a bone fracture that is deemed to be pathologic but the process that weaked the bone is NOT a neoplasm ('''[[Bone, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease]]''') or osteoporosis ('''[[Osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]]'''). | ||
{{ICD10 Fracture}} | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Pathologic fracture}} | |||
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Pathologic fracture due to neoplasm}} | |||
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Pathologic fracture due to osteoporosis}} | |||
*[[Bone, disorder of bone continuity]] | *[[Bone, disorder of bone continuity]] | ||