ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.3 Stress fracture › M84.30

M84.30

Stress fracture, unspecified site

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • M84.30XA Stress fracture, unspecified site, initial encounter for fracture
  • M84.30XD Stress fracture, unspecified site, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
  • M84.30XG Stress fracture, unspecified site, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
  • M84.30XK Stress fracture, unspecified site, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
  • M84.30XP Stress fracture, unspecified site, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
  • M84.30XS Stress fracture, unspecified site, sequela

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Stress fracture, unspecified site

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 M84 Disorder of continuity of bone

Excludes2 - not included here

  • traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site

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
M84.31 Stress fracture, shoulder Not billable
M84.32 Stress fracture, humerus Not billable
M84.33 Stress fracture, ulna and radius Not billable
M84.34 Stress fracture, hand and fingers Not billable
M84.35 Stress fracture, pelvis and femur Not billable
M84.36 Stress fracture, tibia and fibula Not billable
M84.37 Stress fracture, ankle, foot and toes Not billable
M84.38 Stress fracture, other site Not billable