Osteomyelitis
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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Vertebrae, osteomyelitis (bone infection), Bone infection (osteomyelitis), NOS, Bone, tuberculosis (tuberculous osteomyelitis)Click Expand to show legacy content.
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| Main Diagnosis: | Osteomyelitis |
| Sub Diagnosis: | OSTEOMYELITIS |
| Diagnosis Code: | 4900-Osteomyelitis |
| Comorbid Diagnosis: | No |
| Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10): | 0 |
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[[Category: Infection (old)]]Notes:
- Diagnosis of osteomyelitis is often based on radiological results showing a lytic center with a ring of sclerosis. Culture of material taken from a bone biopsy is needed to identify the specific pathogen; alternative sampling methods such as needle puncture or surface swabs are easier to perform, but do not produce reliable results. I remember talking about this with Trish however I can't find it on the wiki. A surface skin swab doesn't give you an accurate result for a pathogen causing osteomyelitis. Therefore if the diagnosis is based on radiologic evidence and no bone culture is performed the pathogen would be "no culture sent".
- Are we consistently coding this way?