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Working Groups

Clinical Diagnosis of Osteoporosis Working Group

The Clinic Diagnosis of Osteoporosis Working Group will explore the possibility of identifying a new clinical basis for making the diagnosis of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and older men. The working group aims to reach a consensus on the groups of individuals whose reduced bone strength increases their risk of fracture and thus should be diagnosed with an ICD-9 code of 733.00 for Osteoporosis.  Currently, only individuals who meet the T-score based criterion can be diagnozed with the ICD-9 code for Osteoporosis. The creation of the group stems from the recommendation

Rare Bone Disease Working Group

The NBHA Rare Bone Disease Working Group is exploring activities and projects in rare bone disease that could be facilitated through NBHA.