M84.371
M84.371 — Stress fracture, right ankle
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
M84.371 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for stress fracture, right ankle. 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
M84.371 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 M84.371
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- M84.371AStress fracture, right ankle, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.371DStress fracture, right ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.371GStress fracture, right ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.371KStress fracture, right ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.371PStress fracture, right ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.371SStress fracture, right ankle, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M84.37. If M84.371 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M84.371
- Is M84.371 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M84.371 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M84.371 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).