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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2009 Jan;47(1):69–72. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181808c05

Appendix 1.

Diagnostic and Procedure Codes Used for Identification of Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCFs) and Selected Exclusions

Description of Codes
 Codes Used in Study
ICD-9 codes for identifying vertebral fractures
 805.2, 805.4, 805.8, 733.13
CPT codes used for vertebroplasty/ kyphoplasty identification 22520, 22521, 22522, 76012, 76013
HCPCS codes used for vertebroplasty/ kyphoplasty identification S2360, S2361, S2362, S2363
CPT codes for spinal radiology 72xxx
ICD-9 codes used to exclude patients with malignancies and pathologic bone processes apart from osteoporosis (includes codes for malignant neoplasms, non-specific hemangiomas, bone and plasma cell neoplasms) 140.xx to 208.xx, 228.09, 238.0, 238.6, 239.2