756.51 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Diagnosis Definition(s)
autosomal dominant collagen disease resulting from defective biosynthesis of collagen type I and characterized by brittle, osteoporotic, and easily fractured bones; may also present with blue sclerae, loose joints, and imperfect dentin formation.
Also applicable to/known as
Fragilitas ossium
Osteopsathyrosis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 756.51
Adair-Dighton syndrome (brittle bones and blue sclera, deafness) 756.51
2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 756.51
756.51
