Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right fibula

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 6 more specific codes instead:

S89.211A Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right fibula, initial encounter for closed fracture
S89.211D Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
S89.211G Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
S89.211K Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
S89.211P Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
S89.211S Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right fibula, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

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 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of right fibula

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 S89 Other and unspecified injuries of lower leg

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S89.0, S89.1, S89.2, and S89.3

Excludes2 - not included here

other and unspecified injuries of ankle and foot (S99.-)

Note

A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

Inherited from the S80-S89 section Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89)

Excludes2 - not included here

burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
frostbite (T33-T34)
injuries of ankle and foot, except fracture of ankle and malleolus (S90-S99)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

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, traumatic > fibula > upper end > physeal > Salter-Harris > Type I

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S89.212	Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of left fibula	Not billable
S89.219	Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of unspecified fibula	Not billable