M84.30
Stress fracture, unspecified site
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
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 1
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M84.3
M84.31 Stress fracture, shoulder category M84.32 Stress fracture, humerus category M84.33 Stress fracture, ulna and radius category M84.34 Stress fracture, hand and fingers category M84.35 Stress fracture, pelvis and femur category M84.36 Stress fracture, tibia and fibula category M84.37 Stress fracture, ankle, foot and toes category M84.38 Stress fracture, other site category
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required
Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.