Section
S82.3
Fracture of lower end of tibia
Hierarchy
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S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Notes
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A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
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A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
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The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification
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Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
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The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use Additional
Includes
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fracture of malleolus
Excludes 1
S82.3
- S82.84 Bimalleolar fracture of lower leg
- S82.5 Fracture of medial malleolus
- S82.86 Maisonneuve's fracture
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pilon fracture of distal tibia (S82.87-)
- S82.87 Pilon fracture of tibia
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trimalleolar fractures of lower leg (S82.85-)
- S82.85 Trimalleolar fracture of lower leg
- S88 Traumatic amputation of lower leg
- P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
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obstetric trauma (O70-O71)