Bone, disorder of bone continuity NOS: Difference between revisions
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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
'''Includes''' | |||
*skull base dehiscence | |||
*Use this code for bone discontinuity problems that are not coded anywhere else. | *Use this code for bone discontinuity problems that are not coded anywhere else. | ||
*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). | *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). | ||