Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code V13.51
Personal history of pathologic fracture
  • Short description: Hx pathological fracture.
  • ICD-9-CM V13.51 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, V13.51 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).
  • You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM V13.51.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM V13.51: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: V13.51 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Z87.311 Personal history of (healed) other pathological fracture
Approximate Synonyms
  • History of healed osteoporotic fracture
  • History of pathological fracture
  • History of pathological fracture of the hip
  • History of pathological fracture of the vertebrae
  • History of pathological hip fracture
  • History of pathological vertebral fracture
  • Hx of healed osteoporotic fx
  • Hx of hip pathological fx
  • Hx of pathological fx
  • Hx of vertebral pathological fx
V13.51 Excludes
  • personal history of traumatic fracture (V15.51)
Applies To
  • Healed pathologic fracture
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to V13.51:
  • History (personal) of
    • fracture, healed
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