ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.47 Pathological fracture, ankle, foot and toes › M84.473
Pathological fracture, unspecified 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:
- M84.473A Pathological fracture, unspecified ankle, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.473D Pathological fracture, unspecified ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.473G Pathological fracture, unspecified ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.473K Pathological fracture, unspecified ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.473P Pathological fracture, unspecified ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.473S Pathological fracture, unspecified 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 Pathological fracture, unspecified 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.
- Broken > leg
- Injury > leg > fracture
- Injury > toe > fracture
- Injury > foot > fracture
- Injury > ankle > fracture
- Fracture, traumatic > instep
- Fracture, traumatic > malleolus
- Fracture, traumatic > foot > toe
- Fracture, traumatic > Dupuytren's
- Fracture, traumatic > leg > ankle
- Fracture, traumatic > phalanx > foot
- Fracture, traumatic > leg > malleolus
- Fracture, pathological > toe
- Fracture, pathological > ankle
- Fracture, pathological > tarsus
- Fracture, pathological > metatarsus
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M84.471 | Pathological fracture, right ankle | Not billable |
| M84.472 | Pathological fracture, left ankle | Not billable |
| M84.474 | Pathological fracture, right foot | Not billable |
| M84.475 | Pathological fracture, left foot | Not billable |
| M84.476 | Pathological fracture, unspecified foot | Not billable |
| M84.477 | Pathological fracture, right toe(s) | Not billable |
| M84.478 | Pathological fracture, left toe(s) | Not billable |
| M84.479 | Pathological fracture, unspecified toe(s) | Not billable |