ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.34 Stress fracture, hand and fingers › M84.343
Stress fracture, unspecified hand
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:
- M84.343A Stress fracture, unspecified hand, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.343D Stress fracture, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.343G Stress fracture, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.343K Stress fracture, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.343P Stress fracture, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.343S Stress fracture, unspecified hand, 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Stress fracture, unspecified hand
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.
- March > fracture
- Fracture, traumatic > march
- Fracture, traumatic > fatigue
- Fracture, traumatic > stress > carpus
- Fracture, traumatic > stress > finger
- Fracture, traumatic > stress > metacarpus
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M84.341 | Stress fracture, right hand | Not billable |
| M84.342 | Stress fracture, left hand | Not billable |
| M84.344 | Stress fracture, right finger(s) | Not billable |
| M84.345 | Stress fracture, left finger(s) | Not billable |
| M84.346 | Stress fracture, unspecified finger(s) | Not billable |