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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*Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly. | *Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly.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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== Related CCI Codes == | == Related CCI Codes == | ||
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