Acetabulum

Bone: Pelvis 6

62
Location: Pelvis, acetabulum 62

Types:
Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, isolated Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, Pelvis, acetabulum, complete articular,
column and/or wall fracture transverse type fracture associated both column fracture
62A 62B 62C

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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62A
Type: Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, isolated column and/or wall fracture 62A

Group: Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, isolated column and/or wall, posterior wall fracture 62A1

Subgroups:
Simple fracture Multifragmentary fracture
62A1.1* 62A1.2*

*Qualification:
a With marginal impaction

Group: Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, isolated column and/or wall, posterior column fracture 62A2

Subgroups:
Through the ischium Through the obturator ring With associated posterior wall fracture
62A2.1 62A2.2 62A2.3*

*Qualifications:
h Simple posterior wall fracture
i Multifragmentary posterior wall fracture
j Posterior wall fracture with marginal impaction

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Group: Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, isolated column or wall, anterior column or wall fracture 62A3

Subgroups:
Anterior wall fracture High anterior column fracture Low anterior column fracture
62A3.1* (exits along iliac crest) (exits below anterior superior iIiac spine
62A3.2* [ASIS])
62A3.3*

*Qualification:
a With marginal impaction

62B
Type: Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, transverse type fracture 62B

Group: Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, transverse type, transverse fracture 62B1

Subgroups:
Infratectal fracture Juxtatectal fracture Transtectal fracture
62B1.1* 62B1.2* 62B1.3*

*Qualifications:
b Associated posterior wall fracture
c Associated posterior wall fracture with marginal impaction

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Group: Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, transverse type, T fracture 62B2

Subgroups:
With infratectal transverse component With juxtatectal transverse component With transtectal transverse component
62B2.1* 62B2.2* 62B2.3*

*Qualifications:
b Associated posterior wall fracture
c Associated posterior wall fracture with marginal impaction

Group: Pelvis, acetabulum, partial articular, transverse type, with anterior column, posterior hemitransverse fracture 62B3

Subgroups:
Associated with anterior wall High anterior column fracture Low anterior column fracture
62B3.1 (exits along iliac crest) (exits below anterior superior iIiac spine
62B3.2 [ASIS])
62B3.3

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62C
Type: Pelvis, acetabulum, complete articular, associated both column fracture

Groups:
Pelvis, acetabulum, complete articular, both Pelvis, acetabulum, complete articular, both Pelvis, acetabulum, complete articular, both
columns, high anterior column fracture columns, low anterior column fracture columns, involving the sacroiliac (SI) joint
(exits along iliac crest) (exits below anterior superior iIiac spine 62C3*
62C1* [ASIS])
62C2*

*Qualifications: *Qualifications: *Qualifications:

d Both columns simple d Both columns simple d Both columns simple
e Multifragmentary anterior column e Multifragmentary anterior column e Multifragmentary anterior column
f Multifragmentary posterior column f Multifragmentary posterior column f Multifragmentary posterior column
g Both columns multifragmentary g Both columns multifragmentary g Both columns multifragmentary

Based on the Letournel Classification of Acetabular Fractures:

Letournel E, Judet R. Fractures of the Acetabulum. Berlin: Springer–Verlag; 1993.

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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