Stress fracture, unspecified finger(s), subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Stress fracture, unspecified finger(s), subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing

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
M84.346A	Stress fracture, unspecified finger(s), initial encounter for fracture	Valid
M84.346D	Stress fracture, unspecified finger(s), subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing	Valid
M84.346K	Stress fracture, unspecified finger(s), subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion	Valid
M84.346P	Stress fracture, unspecified finger(s), subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion	Valid
M84.346S	Stress fracture, unspecified finger(s), sequela	Valid