"Pathological" fractures in spinal cord injuries and disorders: Insight into International classification of diseases, ninth revision coding.
Rachel E ElamJames DoanFrances M WeaverCara E RayScott MiskevicsBeverly GonzalezWilliam ObremskeyLaura D CarbonePublished in: The journal of spinal cord medicine (2022)
Most pathological lower extremity fractures by ICD-9 codes in SCID are secondary to osteoporosis. Pathological fractures can be considered for inclusion in epidemiologic studies of osteoporosis in SCID when the risk-benefit profile for the study favors capturing all osteoporotic fractures at the expense of some misclassification.