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osteochondritis

Medical Definition

Inflammation of both bone and cartilage.

Wikipedia Summary

Osteochondritis is a painful type of osteochondrosis where the cartilage or bone in a joint is inflamed. It often refers to osteochondritis dissecans (OCD). The term dissecans refers to the "creation of a flap of cartilage that further dissects away from its underlying subchondral attachments (dissecans)". The other recognized types of osteochondritis are osteochondritis deformans juvenilis (osteochondritis of the capitular head of the epiphysis of the femur) and osteochondritis deformans juvenilis dorsi (osteochondrosis of the spinal vertebrae, also known as Scheuermann's disease). Osteochondritis, and especially osteochondritis dissecans, can manifest in animals as a primary cause of elbow dysplasia, a chronic condition in some dog breeds..
Related Codes (9)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
M93.2Osteochondritis dissecans
M93.20Osteochondritis dissecans of unspecified site
M93.22Osteochondritis dissecans of elbow
M93.222Osteochondritis dissecans, left elbow
M93.231Osteochondritis dissecans, right wrist
M93.239Osteochondritis dissecans, unspecified wrist
M93.26Osteochondritis dissecans knee
M93.261Osteochondritis dissecans, right knee
M93.9Osteochondropathy, unspecified

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