S82.5
Header — not billableFracture of medial malleolus
The ICD-10 code for fracture of medial malleolus is S82.5.
S82.5 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 6 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
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.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S82.5
- S82.51Displaced fracture of medial malleolus of right tibia
- S82.52Displaced fracture of medial malleolus of left tibia
- S82.53Displaced fracture of medial malleolus of unspecified tibia
- S82.54Nondisplaced fracture of medial malleolus of right tibia
- S82.55Nondisplaced fracture of medial malleolus of left tibia
- S82.56Nondisplaced fracture of medial malleolus of unspecified tibia
Related codes in this category
- S82.0Fracture of patellanon-billable header
- S82.1Fracture of upper end of tibianon-billable header
- S82.2Fracture of shaft of tibianon-billable header
- S82.3Fracture of lower end of tibianon-billable header
- S82.4Fracture of shaft of fibulanon-billable header
- S82.6Fracture of lateral malleolusnon-billable header
- S82.8Other fractures of lower legnon-billable header
- S82.9Unspecified fracture of lower legnon-billable header
- S82.5Fracture of medial malleolusnon-billable header