M84
Disorder of continuity of bone
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
M84 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for disorder of continuity of bone. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M84.3 Stress fracture; M84.4 Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified; M84.5 Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease; M84.6 Pathological fracture in other disease and 3 more. Its coding notes include 11 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
This code
- traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
More specific codes under M84 7
- M84.3Stress fractureHeader
- M84.4Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- M84.5Pathological fracture in neoplastic diseaseHeader
- M84.6Pathological fracture in other diseaseHeader
- M84.7Nontraumatic fracture, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- M84.8Other disorders of continuity of boneHeader
- M84.9Disorder of continuity of bone, unspecifiedBillable