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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
Osteomalacia is a generalized bone condition in which there is inadequate mineralization of the bone. Many of the effects of the disease overlap with the more common osteoporosis, but the two diseases are significantly different. There are two main causes of osteomalacia: | |||
1.insufficient calcium absorption from the intestine because of lack of dietary calcium or a deficiency of, or resistance to, the action of vitamin D | |||
2.phosphate deficiency caused by increased renal losses. | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
*[[Osteoporosis without new pathologic fracture]] | |||
*[[Vitamin D deficiency]] | |||
*[[Hyperphosphatemia, hypophosphotemia or other disorder of phosphate metabolism]] | |||
== Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == | == Candidate [[Combined ICD10 codes]] == | ||