ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.55 Pathological fracture in... › M84.552
Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, left femur
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:
- M84.552A Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, left femur, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.552D Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, left femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.552G Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, left femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.552K Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, left femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.552P Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, left femur, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.552S Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, left femur, 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 in neoplastic disease, left femur
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.
- Fracture, pathological > due to > neoplastic disease NEC > femur
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M84.550 | Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis | Not billable |
| M84.551 | Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, right femur | Not billable |
| M84.553 | Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, unspecified femur | Not billable |
| M84.559 | Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, hip, unspecified | Not billable |