Bone, disorder of bone continuity NOS: Difference between revisions

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== Additional Info ==

*This is a wastebasket code for bone discontinuity problems that are not coded anywhere else. ~~They include:~~

*This is a wastebasket code for bone discontinuity problems that are not coded anywhere else.

**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) ~~occurred~~. Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly. ~~For these cases, we do~~ not ~~have any coding for~~ the specific bone that failed to knit properly.

*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).

**A '''nontraumatic fracture''' NOT due to one of the causes shown immediately below. In this case, this is a "go with" code that should be combined with the ICD10 code for the specific bone fractured. For these cases, you should also code the bone fractured.

*Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly.

*Note that this code does not include the specific bone that failed to knit properly.

== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==

*[[Bone, pathologic fracture due to ~~neoplastic disease]]~~

It may also help you to see Coding fractures in ICD10

*[[Osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]]

*[[Bone, stress fracture]]

*[[Bone, pathologic fracture NOS]]

*[[Bone, disorder of bone continuity]]

== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] ==

*See comment above under "Additional Info"

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 == Additional Info ==
-*This is a wastebasket code for bone discontinuity problems that are not coded anywhere else.  They include:
+*This is a wastebasket code for bone discontinuity problems that are not coded anywhere else.
-**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) occurred.  Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly.  For these cases, we do not have any coding for the specific bone that failed to knit properly.
+*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).
-**A '''nontraumatic fracture''' NOT due to one of the causes shown immediately below.  In this case, this is a "go with" code that should be combined with the ICD10 code for the specific bone fractured. For these cases, you should also code the bone fractured.
+*Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly.
+*Note that this code does not include the specific bone that failed to knit properly.
 == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition ==
-*[[Bone, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease]]
+It may also help you to see Coding fractures in ICD10
-*[[Osteoporosis with new pathologic fracture]]
-*[[Bone, stress fracture]]
-*[[Bone, pathologic fracture NOS]]
-*[[Bone, disorder of bone continuity]]
 == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] ==
-*See comment above under "Additional Info"
 == Related Articles ==