ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M80-M85 › M84.75 Atypical femoral fracture › M84.756

M84.756

Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg

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:

  • M84.756A Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg, initial encounter for fracture
  • M84.756D Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
  • M84.756G Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
  • M84.756K Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
  • M84.756P Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
  • M84.756S Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg, sequela

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Complete transverse atypical femoral fracture, unspecified leg

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
M84.750 Atypical femoral fracture, unspecified Not billable
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
M84.757 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