M84.3
Stress fracture
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 16 never code together
M84code
Excludes2
- traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site
M84.3code
Excludes1
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 6
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
Instructional notes 6
M84.3code
Inclusion terms
- Fatigue fracture
- March fracture
- Stress fracture NOS
- Stress reaction
Use additional code
- external cause code(s) to identify the cause of the stress fracture
M00-M99chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 6 same parent — M84
M84.4 Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified category M84.5 Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease category M84.6 Pathological fracture in other disease category M84.7 Nontraumatic fracture, not elsewhere classified category M84.8 Other disorders of continuity of bone category M84.9 Disorder of continuity of bone, unspecified
Subordinate codes 9
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
Additional references
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