Bone, pathologic fracture NOS
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Bone, pathologic fracture NOS |
ICD10 code: | M84.4 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Pathological Fractures |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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External ICD10 Documentation |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- This is a "go with" code that should be combined with the ICD10 code for the specific bone fractured -- as it represents the cause of the fracture.
- A pathologic fracture is a fracture that is a consequence of a bone weakening by some process within the bone.
- Use this code for a bone fracture that is deemed to be pathologic but the process that weakened the bone is not a neoplasm (use a code from category:Pathologic fracture due to neoplasm) or osteoporosis (use a code from category:Pathologic fracture due to osteoporosis).
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 due to osteoporosis codes: |
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Also code the bone fractured.
- Also code what process within the bone led to the weakening, if known.
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