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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2011 Jan;64(1):46–53. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.07.007

TABLE 1.

OPERATIONAL DEFINITION FOR FRACTURES DUE TO MALIGNANCY IN ADMINISTRATIVE DATA

  1. Any ICD-CM Diagnosis Code(s) for Cancer AND

  2. Pathologic Fracture AND

  3. ANY ONE of the following within 90 days following the fracture:
    1. Administration of any possible cancer therapy (chemotherapy, radiation therapy, intravenous bisphosphonate)
    2. Referral to hospice care
    3. Death