ICD-10 CM Code M84.40
M84.40
Pathological fracture, unspecified site
Inclusion Term
- Chronic fracture
- Pathological fracture NOS
Excludes Type 1
- 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 Type 2
- personal history of (healed) pathological fracture (Z87.311)
- traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site
7th Character
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory M84.4:
- 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
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