Other disorders of continuity of bone

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, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

M84.80 Other disorders of continuity of bone, unspecified site
M84.81 Other disorders of continuity of bone, shoulder (also a header)
M84.82 Other disorders of continuity of bone, humerus (also a header)
M84.83 Other disorders of continuity of bone, ulna and radius (also a header)
M84.84 Other disorders of continuity of bone, hand (also a header)
M84.85 Other disorders of continuity of bone, pelvic region and thigh (also a header)
M84.86 Other disorders of continuity of bone, tibia and fibula (also a header)
M84.87 Other disorders of continuity of bone, ankle and foot (also a header)
M84.88 Other disorders of continuity of bone, other site

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other disorders of continuity of bone

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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M84.3	Stress fracture	Not billable
M84.4	Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified	Not billable
M84.5	Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease	Not billable
M84.6	Pathological fracture in other disease	Not billable
M84.7	Nontraumatic fracture, not elsewhere classified	Not billable
M84.9	Disorder of continuity of bone, unspecified	Valid