Reader Questions:
Relax, There's a Dx for Stress Fracture
Published on Wed Jul 08, 2020
Question: Encounter notes indicate the patient suffered an ankle stress fracture; should I just use standard fracture ICD-10 codes? Or is there a code set for stress fracture diagnoses? Arizona Subscriber Answer: Stress fractures do have their own ICD-10 code set: M84.3- (Stress fracture). For this patient, report one of the following codes, depending on encounter specifics: M84.371- (Stress fracture, right ankle) [...]