S82.242 — Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia
S82.242 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for displaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia. 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 all codes from category S82
- A
- initial encounter for closed fracture
- B
- initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- C
- initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- D
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- E
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- F
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- H
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- J
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- M
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- N
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- P
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- Q
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- R
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S82.242
These are not written on S82.242, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S82.242 with anything listed here is a denial.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S82.242
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S82.242, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with S82.242
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S82.242. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S82.242 alone.
Risk adjustment
S82.242 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 history
S82.242 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead S82.242
16 child codes. Green means billable.
- S82.242ADisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S82.242BDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- S82.242CDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- S82.242DDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- S82.242EDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- S82.242FDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- S82.242GDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- S82.242HDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- S82.242JDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- S82.242KDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- S82.242MDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- S82.242NDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- S82.242PDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- S82.242QDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- S82.242RDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S82.242SDisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S82.24. If S82.242 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S82.241Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of right tibia
- S82.243Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia
- S82.244Nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of right tibia
- S82.245Nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia
- S82.246Nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia
Questions about S82.242
- Is S82.242 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S82.242 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S82.242 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the knee and lower leg (S80-S89).
- What cannot be coded together with S82.242?
- S82.242 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S82.242 (S82) and apply to it just the same.