Specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 756.51
Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • ICD-9-CM 756.51 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 756.51 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
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Convert to ICD-10-CM: 756.51 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q78.0 Osteogenesis imperfecta
Applies To
  • Fragilitas ossium
  • Osteopsathyrosis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 756.51:
  • Adair-Dighton syndrome (brittle bones and blue sclera, deafness) 756.51
  • Blue
    • sclera 743.47
      • with fragility of bone and deafness 756.51
  • Brittle
    • bones (congenital) 756.51
  • Deafness (acquired) (bilateral) (both ears) (complete) (congenital) (hereditary) (middle ear) (partial) (unilateral) 389.9
    • with blue sclera and fragility of bone 756.51
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Eddowes' (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
    • Lobstein's (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
    • Vrolik's (osteogenesis imperfecta) 756.51
  • Eddowes' syndrome (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
  • Ekman's syndrome (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
  • Fragilitas
    • ossium 756.51
      • with blue sclera 756.51
  • Fragility
    • bone 756.51
      • with deafness and blue sclera 756.51
  • Lobstein's disease (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
  • Osteitis (see also Osteomyelitis) 730.2
    • fragilitans 756.51
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta 756.51
  • Osteopsathyrosis 756.51
  • Spurway's syndrome (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Adair-Dighton (brittle bones and blue sclera, deafness) 756.51
    • Dighton's 756.51
    • Eddowes' (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
    • Ekman's (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
    • Spurway's (brittle bones and blue sclera) 756.51
    • van der Hoeve's (brittle bones and blue sclera, deafness) 756.51
  • van der Hoeve's syndrome (brittle bones and blue sclera, deafness) 756.51
  • Vrolik's disease (osteogenesis imperfecta) 756.51
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