M97.8
Periprosthetic fracture around other internal prosthetic joint
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 never code together
M97code
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
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 7
M97.8code
Inclusion terms
- Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic finger joint
- Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic spinal joint
- Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic toe joint
- Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic wrist joint
M97code
Code first
- , if known, the specific type and cause of fracture, such as traumatic or pathological
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 2
- Fracture, pathological (pathologic) — see also Fracture, traumatic M84.40
- Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation) T14.8
Alongside this code 6 same parent — M97
M97.0 Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic hip joint category M97.1 Periprosth fracture around internal prosthetic knee joint category M97.2 Periprosth fracture around internal prosthetic ankle joint category M97.3 Periprosth fracture around internal prosthetic shoulder jt category M97.4 Periprosth fracture around internal prosthetic elbow joint category M97.9 Periprosth fracture around unsp internal prosthetic joint category
Additional references
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