M84.472

Pathological fracture, left ankle

Requires 7th character

M84.472 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

collapsed vertebra NEC (M48.5) (from M84.4)
pathological fracture in neoplastic disease (M84.5-) (from M84.4)
pathological fracture in osteoporosis (M80.-) (from M84.4)
pathological fracture in other disease (M84.6-) (from M84.4)
stress fracture (M84.3-) (from M84.4)
traumatic fracture (S12.-, S22.-, S32.-, S42.-, S52.-, S62.-, S72.-, S82.-, S92.-) (from M84.4)

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

personal history of (healed) pathological fracture (Z87.311) (from M84.4)
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)

This code requires a 7th character (defined at M84.4). 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

M84.472APathological fracture, left ankle, initial encounter for fractureBillable
M84.472DPathological fracture, left ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healingBillable
M84.472GPathological fracture, left ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healingBillable
M84.472KPathological fracture, left ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunionBillable
M84.472PPathological fracture, left ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunionBillable
M84.472SPathological fracture, left ankle, sequelaBillable