Coding fractures in ICD10: Difference between revisions

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**[[Bone, stress fracture]]
**[[Bone, stress fracture]]


*4) Nontraumatic fractures NOS
*4) Nontraumatic fractures NOS -- these are for nontraumatic fractures that don't fit into the other categories listed immediately above.
**[[Femur or pelvis, nontraumatic fracture NOS]]
**[[Femur or pelvis, nontraumatic fracture NOS]]
**[[Vertebrae, nontraumatic fracture NOS]]
**[[Vertebrae, nontraumatic fracture NOS]] -- this includes vertebral compression/wedge fractures not due to neoplasm or osteoporosis.
**[[Bone NOS, nontraumatic fracture NOS]]
**[[Bone NOS, nontraumatic fracture NOS]]
**[[Vertebra, collapsed (compression fracture, wedge fracture)]] -- these are a specific pattern of nontraumatic vertebral fracture, and this code is if that pattern is NOT due to osteoporosis.
 


*Also sometimes relevant will be: [[Bone, disorder of bone continuity NOS]]
*Also sometimes relevant will be: [[Bone, disorder of bone continuity NOS]]