ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M80.831 Other osteoporosis with current... › M80.831K

M80.831K

Other osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right forearm, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right forearm, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from M80 Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category M80:

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • collapsed vertebra NOS (M48.5)
  • pathological fracture NOS (M84.4)
  • wedging of vertebra NOS (M48.5)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • personal history of (healed) osteoporosis fracture (Z87.310)

Use additional code

  • code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)

Includes

  • osteoporosis with current fragility fracture

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M80.831A Other osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right forearm, initial encounter for fracture Valid
M80.831D Other osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right forearm, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing Valid
M80.831G Other osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right forearm, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing Valid
M80.831P Other osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right forearm, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion Valid
M80.831S Other osteoporosis with current pathological fracture, right forearm, sequela Valid