Nondisplaced fracture of medial malleolus of right tibia

• birth trauma (P10-P15)
• obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

• 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
• 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.

• burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
• frostbite (T33-T34)
• injuries of ankle and foot, except fracture of ankle and malleolus (S90-S99)
• insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

fracture of malleolus

traumatic amputation of lower leg (S88.-)

• fracture of foot, except ankle (S92.-)
• periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic ankle joint (M97.2)
• periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic implant of knee joint (M97.1-)

• A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
• A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
• The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S82

• pilon fracture of distal tibia (S82.87-)
• Salter-Harris type III of lower end of tibia (S89.13-)
• Salter-Harris type IV of lower end of tibia (S89.14-)