Bone, disorder of bone continuity NOS: Difference between revisions
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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*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). | ||
*Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly. | *Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly.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. | *Note that this is a one-size-fit-all code in that it does not include the specific bone that failed to knit properly. | ||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||