ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.37 Stress fracture, ankle, foot and toes › M84.376
Stress fracture, unspecified foot
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:
- M84.376A Stress fracture, unspecified foot, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.376D Stress fracture, unspecified foot, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.376G Stress fracture, unspecified foot, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.376K Stress fracture, unspecified foot, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.376P Stress fracture, unspecified foot, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.376S Stress fracture, unspecified foot, 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 foot
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 |
| M84.372 | Stress fracture, left 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 |
| M84.377 | 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 |