• Specify whether etiology is:
  • Osteoporosis (senile vs. disuse)
  • Osteopenia
  • Neoplastic- Document neoplasm linked to fracture.
  • Some other disease
• Document site and laterality.
• If compression fracture, clarify if traumatic or pathological.

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