M84.469
M84.469 — Pathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M84.469 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula. 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 M84.4:
- 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
M84.469 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 M84.469
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- M84.469APathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.469DPathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.469GPathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.469KPathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.469PPathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.469SPathological fracture, unspecified tibia and fibula, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M84.46. If M84.469 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M84.469
- Is M84.469 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M84.469 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M84.469 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).