M84.573D

Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease, unspecified ankle, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

This is the unspecified option. 5 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 11 never code together

M84code

Excludes2

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

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 this code

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 2

Code also

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 5 same parent — M84.573

Additional references

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Present FY2024–FY2027.