Bone, disorder of bone continuity NOS
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Bone, disorder of bone continuity NOS |
ICD10 code: | M84.9 |
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
- 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- Thus, the fracture is no longer current, but the bone never knitted, or knitted poorly/incorrectly.
- Note that this is a one-size-fit-all code in that it does not include the specific bone that failed to knit properly.
- see Coding fractures in ICD10 for more info.
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