ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.37 Stress fracture, ankle, foot and toes › M84.372
Stress fracture, left ankle
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:
- M84.372A Stress fracture, left ankle, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.372D Stress fracture, left ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.372G Stress fracture, left ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.372K Stress fracture, left ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.372P Stress fracture, left ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.372S Stress fracture, left ankle, 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, left ankle
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 > toe
- Fracture, traumatic > stress > ankle
- Fracture, traumatic > stress > tarsus
- Fracture, traumatic > stress > metatarsus
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M84.371 | Stress fracture, right ankle | Not billable |
| M84.373 | Stress fracture, unspecified ankle | Not billable |
| M84.374 | Stress fracture, right foot | Not billable |
| M84.375 | Stress fracture, left foot | Not billable |
| M84.376 | Stress fracture, unspecified foot | Not billable |
| M84.377 | Stress fracture, right toe(s) | Not billable |
| M84.378 | Stress fracture, left toe(s) | Not billable |
| M84.379 | Stress fracture, unspecified toe(s) | Not billable |