ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.36 Stress fracture, tibia and fibula › M84.369
Stress fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula
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:
- M84.369A Stress fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.369D Stress fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.369G Stress fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.369K Stress fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.369P Stress fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.369S Stress fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, 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 tibia and fibula
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 > tibia
- Fracture, traumatic > stress > fibula
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M84.361 | Stress fracture, right tibia | Not billable |
| M84.362 | Stress fracture, left tibia | Not billable |
| M84.363 | Stress fracture, right fibula | Not billable |
| M84.364 | Stress fracture, left fibula | Not billable |