Disorder of continuity of bone

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 7 more specific codes instead:

M84.3 Stress fracture (also a header)
M84.4 Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified (also a header)
M84.5 Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease (also a header)
M84.6 Pathological fracture in other disease (also a header)
M84.7 Nontraumatic fracture, not elsewhere classified (also a header)
M84.8 Other disorders of continuity of bone (also a header)
M84.9 Disorder of continuity of bone, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Disorder of continuity of bone

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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site