Vertebra, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Vertebra, pathologic fracture due to neoplastic disease |
| ICD10 code: | M49.5 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- Use this code for a a fracture of any vertebrae that is due to bony involvement by a neoplasm (can be malignant or benign) that has weakened the bone and led to the fracture.
Fractures
For an comprehensive overview, and additional information on coding fractures in ICD10, see Coding fractures in ICD10.
Fractures if and only if due to trauma or injury should be coded together with its Category:Mechanism.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
| Pathologic fracture due to neoplasm codes: |
| Pathologic fracture codes: |
| Non-traumatic fracture codes: |
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
Also code the cancer, and if relevant, that there are bony mets.
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Also code the cancer, and if relevent, that there are bony mets.
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