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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 268.2
Osteomalacia, unspecified
  • Short description: Osteomalacia NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 268.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 268.2 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).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 268.2.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 268.2: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 268.2 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M83.9 Adult osteomalacia, unspecified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Adult osteomalacia due to malabsorption
  • Adult osteomalacia due to malnutrition
  • Aluminum bone disease
  • Curvature of spine due to osteomalacia
  • Curvature of spine from osteomalacia
  • Puerperal osteomalacia
  • Senile osteomalacia
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 268.2:
  • Avitaminosis (multiple NEC) (see also Deficiency, vitamin) 269.2
  • Calciferol (vitamin D) deficiency 268.9
    • with
      • osteomalacia 268.2
      • rickets (see also Rickets) 268.0
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • calciferol 268.9
      • with
        • osteomalacia 268.2
        • rickets (see also Rickets) 268.0
    • ergosterol 268.9
      • with
        • osteomalacia 268.2
        • rickets (see also Rickets) 268.0
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Milkman (-Looser) (osteomalacia with pseudofractures) 268.2
    • Miller's (osteomalacia) 268.2
  • Ergosterol deficiency (vitamin D) 268.9
    • with
      • osteomalacia 268.2
      • rickets (see also Rickets) 268.0
  • Looser (-Debray)-Milkman syndrome (osteomalacia with pseudofractures) 268.2
  • Malacia, bone 268.2
    • juvenile (see also Rickets) 268.0
    • Kienböck's (juvenile) (lunate) (wrist) 732.3
  • Malacosteon 268.2
    • juvenile (see also Rickets) 268.0
  • Milkman (-Looser) disease or syndrome (osteomalacia with pseudofractures) 268.2
  • Miller's disease (osteomalacia) 268.2
  • Mollities (cerebellar) (cerebral) 437.8
    • ossium 268.2
  • Osteomalacia 268.2
    • chronica deformans hypertrophica 731.0
    • due to vitamin D deficiency 268.2
    • infantile (see also Rickets) 268.0
    • juvenile (see also Rickets) 268.0
    • pelvis 268.2
    • vitamin D-resistant 275.3
  • Osteomalacic bone 268.2
  • Osteomalacosis 268.2
  • Osteoporosis-osteomalacia syndrome 268.2
  • Pseudofracture (idiopathic) (multiple) (spontaneous) (symmetrical) 268.2
  • Softening
    • bone 268.2
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Looser (-Debray)-Milkman (osteomalacia with pseudofractures) 268.2
    • Milkman (-Looser) (osteomalacia with pseudofractures) 268.2
    • osteoporosis-osteomalacia 268.2
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