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| == Additional Info == | | == Additional Info == |
| *The International Cartilage Repair Society has set up an arthroscopic grading system by which cartilage defects can be ranked:
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| ** grade 0: (normal) healthy cartilage
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| ** grade 1: the cartilage has a soft spot, blisters, or superficial wear
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| ** grade 2: minor tears of less than one-half the thickness of the cartilage layer
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| ** grade 3: lesions have deep crevices of more than one-half the thickness of the cartilage layer
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| ** grade 4: the cartilage tear is full thickness and exposes the underlying (subchondral) bone
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| {{discussion}} Is the grading relevant for coding? IE do we only want to code over a certain grade? Ttenbergen 20:51, 2017 November 12 (CST)
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| == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == |