M84.672
Pathological fracture in other disease, left ankle
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
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
Alongside this code 5 same parent — M84.67
M84.671 Pathological fracture in other disease, right ankle category M84.673 Pathological fracture in other disease, unspecified ankle category M84.674 Pathological fracture in other disease, right foot category M84.675 Pathological fracture in other disease, left foot category M84.676 Pathological fracture in other disease, unspecified foot category
Subordinate codes 6
M84.672A Pathological fracture in oth disease, left ankle, init M84.672D Path fx in oth disease, l ankle, subs for fx w routn heal M84.672G Path fx in oth disease, l ankle, subs for fx w delay heal M84.672K Path fx in oth disease, l ankle, subs for fx w nonunion M84.672P Path fx in oth disease, l ankle, subs for fx w malunion M84.672S Pathological fracture in other disease, left ankle, sequela
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