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M84.469P - Pathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion

ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M80-M85 Disorders of bone density and structure (M80-M85) · Subcategory of M84.469 · FY2027

7th character P: subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion

Coding Guidance

7th character P: subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M84.4

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • collapsed vertebra NEC (M48.5)
  • pathological fracture in neoplastic disease (M84.5-)
  • pathological fracture in osteoporosis (M80.-)
  • pathological fracture in other disease (M84.6-)
  • stress fracture (M84.3-)
  • traumatic fracture (S12.-, S22.-, S32.-, S42.-, S52.-, S62.-, S72.-, S82.-, S92.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom M84.4

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • personal history of (healed) pathological fracture (Z87.311)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom M84

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter M00-M99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
NotesFrom Chapter M00-M99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

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

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