Wiki Osteoporosis fracture

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Could a fracture due to osteoporosis be coded with both the osteoporosis fracture code (M80.08XA) and S32.050A to specify the location? Or would that be coding the same fracture twice?
 
You should only code the M80.08XA.

This is from my COSC study guide:
Category M80, Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, is for patients who have a current pathologic fracture at the time of an encounter. The codes under M80 identify the site of the fracture. A code from category M80 (not a traumatic fracture code) should be used for any patient with known osteoporosis who suffers a fracture from a minor fall or trauma, only if that fall or trauma would not usually break a normal, healthy bone.
 
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