M84.60
Pathological fracture in other disease, 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 12 never code together
M84code
Excludes2
- traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site
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 2
Index entries leading here 1
- Fracture, pathological (pathologic) — see also Fracture, traumatic M84.40
- due to
- specified disease NEC M84.60
- due to
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M84.6
M84.61 Pathological fracture in other disease, shoulder category M84.62 Pathological fracture in other disease, humerus category M84.63 Pathological fracture in other disease, ulna and radius category M84.64 Pathological fracture in other disease, hand category M84.65 Pathological fracture in other disease, pelvis and femur category M84.66 Pathological fracture in other disease, tibia and fibula category M84.67 Pathological fracture in other disease, ankle and foot category M84.68 Pathological fracture in other disease, other site category
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