Template:ICD10 Guideline Osteomyelitis
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Osteomyelitis Guidelines
- For tuberculosis infection of the spine, use Spine, tuberculosis (Pott's disease)
CDC Case Definition of Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis must meet at least 1 of the following 3 criteria:
1. Patient has one or more pathogen identified from bone
2. Patient has evidence of osteomyelitis on gross anatomic or histopathologic exam
3. Patient has 2 or more of the following 5 signs or symptoms [fever>38.0, swelling, pain/tenderness, heat, drainage]
- AND
- has positive blood culture OR imaging test evidence suggestive of infection (for example, x-ray, CT scan, MRI, gallium scan, technetium scan)