M84.676
Pathological fracture in other disease, unspecified foot
Not billable — category only 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 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 M84.672 Pathological fracture in other disease, left 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
Subordinate codes 6
M84.676A Pathological fracture in oth disease, unsp foot, init for fx M84.676D Path fx in oth disease, unsp foot, subs for fx w routn heal M84.676G Path fx in oth disease, unsp foot, subs for fx w delay heal M84.676K Path fx in oth disease, unsp foot, subs for fx w nonunion M84.676P Path fx in oth disease, unsp foot, subs for fx w malunion M84.676S Pathological fracture in other disease, unsp foot, sequela
Additional references
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