Osteoporosis
Is a systemic condition, meaning that all bones of the musculoskeletal system are affected.
What is Osteoporosis?
A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to.
What is closed?
The 7th character code for the initial encounter where the patient is receiving active treatment for the condition.
What is A?
Osteoporosis without pathological fracture.
What is Category M81?
A fracture not indicated whether displaced or not displaced should be coded to.
What is displaced?
The subsequent encounter is used for encounters after the patient has completed active treatment of the condition and is receiving routine care for the condition during the healing or recovery phase.
What is D?
Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture.
What is Category M80?
Care of complications of fractures, such as malunion and nonunion, should be reported with the appropriate 7th character for subsequent care with nonunion.
What is (K, M, N,)?
Sequela, is for use for complications or conditions that arise as a direct result of a condition, such as scar formation after a burn.
What is S?
True or False. A code from category M80, a traumatic fracture code, should be used for any patient with known osteoporosis who suffers a fracture, even if the patient had a minor fall or trauma, if that fall or trauma would not usually break a normal, healthy bone.
What is False?
Care of complications of fractures, such as malunion and nonunion, should be reported with the appropriate 7th character for subsequent care with malunion.
What is (P, Q, R)?
Infection and inflammatory reaction due to unspecified internal joint prosthesis, initial encounter, is used when active treatment is provided for the infection, even though the condition relates to the prosthetic device, implant or graft that was placed at a previous encounter code.
What is T84.50XA?