personal history of (healed) stress (fatigue) fracture (Z87.312)
stress fracture of vertebra (M48.4-)
Use additional code
external cause code(s) to identify the cause of the stress fracture
7th character note
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory M84.3:
7th character required
A — initial encounter for fracture
D — subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
G — subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
K — subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
P — subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
S — sequela
Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))
Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.
Code annotations containing back-references to M84.376P
Back-references to M84.3
Type 1 Excludes: M84.4 Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified ("stress fracture (M84.3-)")