M84.32
M84.32 — Stress fracture, humerus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M84.32 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for stress fracture, humerus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory M84.3:
- A
- initial encounter for fracture
- D
- subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- P
- subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
M84.32 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M84.32
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M84.3. If M84.32 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M84.30Stress fracture, unspecified site
- M84.31Stress fracture, shoulder
- M84.33Stress fracture, ulna and radius
- M84.34Stress fracture, hand and fingers
- M84.35Stress fracture, pelvis and femur
- M84.36Stress fracture, tibia and fibula
- M84.37Stress fracture, ankle, foot and toes
- M84.38Stress fracture, other site
Questions about M84.32
- Is M84.32 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M84.32 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M84.32 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of bone density and structure (M80-M85).