Fall Propensity: Consequential Diseases

The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by fall propensity:

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

  • Muscular atrophy due to immobility

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)

  • Anxiety
  • Depression

Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99).

  • Pain, unspecified
  • Immobility

Injuries, poisoning, and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98).

  • Injuries of all body regions, unspecified
  • Fragility fractures due to senile osteoporosis.

Further

  • Loss of mobility
  • Need for care