ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.75 Atypical femoral fracture › M84.750

M84.750

Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2017 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • M84.750A Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified, initial encounter for fracture
  • M84.750D Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
  • M84.750G Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
  • M84.750K Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
  • M84.750P Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
  • M84.750S Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified, sequela

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M84.751 Incomplete atypical femoral fracture, right leg Not billable
M84.752 Incomplete atypical femoral fracture, left leg Not billable
M84.753 Incomplete atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg Not billable
M84.754 Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, right leg Not billable
M84.755 Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, left leg Not billable
M84.756 Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg Not billable
M84.757 Complete oblique atypical femoral fracture, right leg Not billable
M84.758 Complete oblique atypical femoral fracture, left leg Not billable
M84.759 Complete oblique atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg Not billable