M84.550
M84.550: Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M84.550 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis. 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 M84.5:
- 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
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M84.550
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on M84: Disorder of continuity of bone
- traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fracture, pathological›due to›neoplastic disease NEC›ilium
- Fracture, pathological›due to›neoplastic disease NEC›ischium
- Fracture, pathological›due to›neoplastic disease NEC›pelvis
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead M84.550
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- M84.550APathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis, initial encounter for fracture
- M84.550DPathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- M84.550GPathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- M84.550KPathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- M84.550PPathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- M84.550SPathological fracture in neoplastic disease, pelvis, sequela