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Potts disease is secondary to an extra spinal infection and will usually involve more than 1 vertebra. Tuberculosis will likely spread from the vertebra to the disks.
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What type of fracture is associated with a weakness in a bone?
Pathological fracture
An elderly woman with osteoporosis suffers a spontaneous fracture of her hip caused by weakness in the bone structure this type of fracture would be classified as an what fracture?
I believe this is called a Pathological fracture because it is a fracture resulting from a pathological condition already existing within the bone ie. osteoporosis.
What is the icd9 code for an old healed fracture?
It would be coded to a history code. What type of fracture was it stress, traumatic, or pathological?
Use pathology in a sentence?
my pathology class today was about blood diseases!!
What Is the icd-9 code for history of vertebral compression fracture?
There are multiple codes associated with the history of a vertebral compression fracture. V13.51, V13.52, and V15.51 can all be used depending on the cause of the fracture. V13.51 is the code for pathological fractures, which can also be used with the codes for osteoporosis.
What is the icd 9 code for history of vertebral compression fracture?
There are multiple codes associated with the history of a vertebral compression fracture. V13.51, V13.52, and V15.51 can all be used depending on the cause of the fracture. V13.51 is the code for pathological fractures, which can also be used with the codes for osteoporosis.
What is the cpt code for closed treatment of three vertebral process fracture?
Closed treatment of three vertebral process fracture
How do you use fracture in a sentence?
If you fall from the roof, you may fracture your skull. My dad went rollerskating and came home with a fracture in his left leg. On a mountainside, granite can fracture into blocks in a process called exfoliation.
Is a fractured elbow the same as a fractured olecranon?
Fracture of olecranon process is one type of fracture of ulna. You have many other parts of bones to be fractured in fracture of ulna.
Should a fracture be washed?
A bone fracture should definitely be washed, but this is not a process that is done at home. If you are suffering from a bone fracture, immediatly seek treatment at an emergency room. ER staff will clean and set the fracture for you.
What is the Icd-9 code for transverse process fracture?
813.80
You're in the process of splinting an Airman's fracture of the lower leg The splint shouYou're in the process of splinting an Airman's fracture of the lower leg The splint ld extend from?
above the knee to below the ankle.
