Patella

Bone: Patella 34

Types:
Patella, extraarticular fracture Patella, partial articular sagittal fracture Patella, complete articular fracture,
34A 34B frontal/coronal plane
34C

34A
Type: Patella, extraarticular fracture 34A
Group: Patella, extraarticular, avulsion fracture 34A1*

*Qualifications:
a Proximal pole
b Distal pole
c Lateral side
d Medial side

Qualifications are optional and applied to the fracture code where the asterisk is located as a lower-case letter within rounded brackets. More than one
qualification can be applied for a given fracture classification, separated by a comma. For a more detailed explanation, see the compendium introduction.

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34B
Type: Patella, partial articular, sagittal fracture 34B
Group: Patella, partial articular, sagittal, lateral fracture 34B1

Subgroup:
Simple fracture Fragmentary fracture
34B1.1 34B1.2

Group: Patella, partial articular, sagittal, medial fracture 34B2

Subgroup:
Simple fracture Fragmentary fracture
34B2.1 34B2.2

34C
Type: Patella, complete articular, frontal/coronal fracture 34C
Group: Patella, complete articular, frontal/coronal, simple fracture 34C1

Subgroup:
Middle third fracture Proximal third fracture Distal third fracture
34C1.1 34C1.2 34C1.3

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Group:
Patella, complete articular, frontal/coronal, wedge fracture 34C2

Group:
Patella, complete articular, frontal/coronal, multifragmentary fracture 34C3

Qualifications are optional and applied to the fracture code where the asterisk is located as a lower-case letter within rounded brackets. More than one
qualification can be applied for a given fracture classification, separated by a comma. For a more detailed explanation, see the compendium introduction.

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