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== Additional Info ==
== Additional Info ==
'''Includes'''
*skull base dehiscence
*Use this code for bone discontinuity problems that are not coded anywhere else.   
*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).   
*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*Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly.   
*Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly.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.
*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.
* see [[Coding fractures in ICD10]] for more info.
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