Billable Medical Code for Disorder of Bone and Cartilage, Unspecified
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 733.90
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 733.90.
The Short Description Is: Bone & cartilage dis NOS.
Known As
Osteopenia is also known as bone pain, cartilage disorder, disorder of bone, lesion of vertebra, mass of thoracic vertebra, mass of thoracic vertebrae, mass thoracic spine, osteopenia, osteopenia (lower bone density), osteopenia (lower bone density) with age, osteopenia senile, osteopenia steroid induced, senile osteopenia, steroid induced osteopenia, steroid-induced osteopenia, unspecified bone disorder, unspecified cartilage disorder, vertebral lesion, and xiphoidalgia.
Osteopenia Definition and Symptoms
Osteopenia is when the patients bone density is lower than normal, but not low enough to be classified as osteoporosis. Osteopenia has no symptoms, however as bone density decreases the chances of breaking a bone high increase.