AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2018 Issue 2; Ask the Editor

Osteoporosis and Fracture (Traumatic versus Pathologic)

A 75-year-old patient with osteoporosis sustained a ground level fall, resulting in a right displaced mid-shaft femoral fracture. In this case, would it be appropriate to assign code M80.051A, Age-related osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right femur, initial encounter for fracture, for the displaced mid-shaft femoral fracture? ...

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