AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2008 Issue 4; VOLUMES 1 AND 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Stress Fractures

Effective October 1, 2008, subcategory 733.9, Other and unspecified disorders of bone and cartilage, has been further revised to include new codes for stress fracture of femoral neck (733.96); stress fracture of shaft of femur (733.97); and stress fracture of pelvis (733.98). Also, new “use additional code” notes have been added at each code in subcategory 733.9, to “use additional external cause code(s) to identify the cause of the stress fracture.” 733.9 Other and unspecified disorders of bone and cartilage 733.93...

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