Template:ICD10 Guideline Osteomyelitis

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Osteomyelitis Guideline

• For tuberculosis infection of the spine, use Spine, tuberculosis (Pott's disease)

CDC Case Definition of Osteomyelitis

• Reference is: https://www.cdc.gov/nhsn/PDFs/pscManual/17pscNosInfDef_current.pdf

Osteomyelitis must meet at least 1 of the following 3 criteria:

1. Patient has one or more pathogen identified from bone

2. Patient has evidence of osteomyelitis on gross anatomic or histopathologic exam

3. Patient has 2 or more of the following 5 signs or symptoms [fever>38.0, swelling, pain/tenderness, heat, drainage]

AND

has positive blood culture OR imaging test evidence suggestive of infection (for example, x-ray, CT scan, MRI, gallium scan, technetium scan)

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