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M84.85

Other disorders of continuity of bone, pelvic region and thigh

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • M84.851 Other disorders of continuity of bone, right pelvic region and thigh
  • M84.852 Other disorders of continuity of bone, left pelvic region and thigh
  • M84.859 Other disorders of continuity of bone, unspecified pelvic region and thigh

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other disorders of continuity of bone, pelvic region and thigh

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
M84.80 Other disorders of continuity of bone, unspecified site Valid
M84.81 Other disorders of continuity of bone, shoulder Not billable
M84.82 Other disorders of continuity of bone, humerus Not billable
M84.83 Other disorders of continuity of bone, ulna and radius Not billable
M84.84 Other disorders of continuity of bone, hand Not billable
M84.86 Other disorders of continuity of bone, tibia and fibula Not billable
M84.87 Other disorders of continuity of bone, ankle and foot Not billable
M84.88 Other disorders of continuity of bone, other site Valid