Stress fracture, left hand
Requires 7th character
M84.342 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from M84)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- personal history of (healed) stress (fatigue) fracture (Z87.312) (from M84.3)
- stress fracture of vertebra (M48.4-) (from M84.3)
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M84)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M84)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M84)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M84)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M84)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M84)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M84)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M84)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M84)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M84)
- traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site (from M84)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- external cause code(s) to identify the cause of the stress fracture (from M84.3)
7th character
This code requires a 7th character (defined at M84.3). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter for fracture |
| D | subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing |
| G | subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing |
| K | subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion |
| P | subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion |
| S | sequela |
Parent code
- M84.34Stress fracture, hand and fingersNeeds 7th char
More specific codes M84.342
- M84.342AStress fracture, left hand, initial encounter for fractureBillable
- M84.342DStress fracture, left hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healingBillable
- M84.342GStress fracture, left hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healingBillable
- M84.342KStress fracture, left hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunionBillable
- M84.342PStress fracture, left hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunionBillable
- M84.342SStress fracture, left hand, sequelaBillable