S82.1Fracture of upper end of tibia

S82.1 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for fracture of upper end of tibia. It belongs to category S82 (fracture of lower leg, including ankle), block S80-S89 (injuries to the knee and lower leg) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 8 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S82 (fracture of lower leg, including ankle), S82.1 is specifically for fracture of upper end of tibia. Related codes cover fracture of patella (S82.0), fracture of shaft of tibia (S82.2), fracture of lower end of tibia (S82.3), fracture of shaft of fibula (S82.4), fracture of medial malleolus (S82.5), fracture of lateral malleolus (S82.6), other fractures of lower leg (S82.8) and unspecified fracture of lower leg (S82.9).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter for closed fracture, B for initial encounter for open fracture type I or II, C for initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC, D for subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing, E for subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing, F for subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing and 10 more. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of S82.1, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: fracture of shaft of tibia (S82.2-) and physeal fracture of upper end of tibia (S89.0-).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.