Bone NOS, nontraumatic fracture NOS: Difference between revisions
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== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||
*It may also help you to see '''[[Coding fractures in ICD10]]''' | *It may also help you to see '''[[Coding fractures in ICD10]]''' | ||
* | *BUT IN PARTICULAR, note that there are other codes for nontraumatic (pathologic) fractures not due to neoplasm or osteoporosis: | ||
**[[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. | **[[Vertebra, nontraumatic fracture NOS]] -- this includes vertebral compression/wedge fractures not due to neoplasm or osteoporosis. | ||