Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 756.51
Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 756.51 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q78.0 Osteogenesis imperfecta
Clinical Information
  • A group of usually autosomal dominant inherited disorders characterized by defective synthesis of collagen type i resulting in defective collagen formation. It is characterized by brittle and easily fractured bones
  • 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
  • Collagen diseases characterized by brittle, osteoporotic, and easily fractured bones. It may also present with blue sclerae, loose joints, and imperfect dentin formation. Most types are autosomal dominant and are associated with mutations in collagen type i
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta (oi) is a genetic disorder in which bones break easily. Sometimes the bones break for no known reason. Oi can also cause weak muscles, brittle teeth, a curved spine and hearing loss. The cause is a gene defect that affects how you make collagen, a protein that helps make bones strong. Usually you inherit the faulty gene from a parent. Sometimes, it is due to a mutation, a random gene change.oi can range from mild to severe and symptoms vary from person to person. A person may have just a few or as many as several hundred fractures in a lifetime. There is no cure, but you can manage symptoms. Treatments include exercise, pain medicine, physical therapy, wheelchairs, braces and surgery. nih: national institute of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases
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) (complete) (congenital) (hereditary) (middle ear) (partial) 389.9
    • with
      • blindness V49.85
      • 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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