Coding fractures in ICD10: Difference between revisions
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*2) Pathologic fractures due to osteoporosis -- here osteoporosis is the factor that weakened the bone. | *2) Pathologic fractures due to osteoporosis -- here osteoporosis is the factor that weakened the bone. | ||
**[[Femur or pelvis, osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]] | **[[Femur or pelvis, osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Vertebra, osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]] | ||
**[[Bone NOS, osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]] | **[[Bone NOS, osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]] | ||
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*4) Nontraumatic fractures NOS -- these are for nontraumatic fractures that don't fit into the other categories listed immediately above. | *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]] | ||
**[[ | **[[Vertebra, 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]] | ||