M84
Header — not billableDisorder of continuity of bone
The ICD-10 code for disorder of continuity of bone is M84.
M84 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 7 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- traumatic fracture of bone-see fracture, by site
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M84
- M84.3Stress fracturenon-billable header
- M84.4Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M84.5Pathological fracture in neoplastic diseasenon-billable header
- M84.6Pathological fracture in other diseasenon-billable header
- M84.7Nontraumatic fracture, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M84.8Other disorders of continuity of bonenon-billable header
- M84.9Disorder of continuity of bone, unspecified
Related codes in this category
- M80Osteoporosis with current pathological fracturenon-billable header
- M81Osteoporosis without current pathological fracturenon-billable header
- M83Adult osteomalacianon-billable header
- M85Other disorders of bone density and structurenon-billable header
- M84Disorder of continuity of bonenon-billable header