S89.312 — Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left fibula
S89.312 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for salter-harris type i physeal fracture of lower end of left 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 subcategories S89.0, S89.1, S89.2, and S89.3
- A
- initial encounter for closed 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 S89.312
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S89.312, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Risk adjustment
S89.312 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
S89.312 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 S89.312
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S89.312ASalter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left fibula, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S89.312DSalter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S89.312GSalter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S89.312KSalter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S89.312PSalter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left fibula, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- S89.312SSalter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of lower end of left fibula, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S89.31. If S89.312 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S89.312
- Is S89.312 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S89.312 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S89.312 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).