M84.3 - Stress fracture

The ICD 10 Code for Stress fracture is listed as M84.3.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	M84.3
Description:	Stress fracture Fatigue fracture March fracture Stress fracture NOS Stress reaction Use additional external cause code(s) to identify the cause of the stress fracture Excludes1: pathological fracture NOS (M84.4.-) pathological fracture due to osteoporosis (M80.-) traumatic fracture (S12.-, S22.-, S32.-, S42.-, S52.-, S62.-, S72.-, S82.-, S92.-) Excludes2: personal history of (healed) stress (fatigue) fracture (Z87.312) stress fracture of vertebra (M48.4-) 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

Chapter	Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Block	Disorders of bone density and structure (M80-M85)
Parent	M84 - Disorder of continuity of bone
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of M84.3:
M84.30 - Stress fracture, unspecified site
M84.31 - Stress fracture, shoulder
M84.32 - Stress fracture, humerus
M84.33 - Stress fracture, ulna and radius
M84.34 - Stress fracture, hand and fingers
M84.35 - Stress fracture, pelvis and femur
M84.36 - Stress fracture, tibia and fibula
M84.37 - Stress fracture, ankle, foot and toes
M84.38 - Stress fracture, other site
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of M84.3:
M84.4 - Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified
M84.5 - Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease
M84.6 - Pathological fracture in other disease
M84.8 - Other disorders of continuity of bone
M84.9 - Disorder of continuity of bone, unspecified