Reader Questions:
Count on These Codes for Stress Fractures
Published on Fri Sep 18, 2020
Question: The encounter notes indicate the patient suffered an ankle stress fracture. Should I report standard fracture ICD-10 codes? Or are there specific codes for stress fractures? New York 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 [...]