S82.243Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia

S82.243 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for displaced spiral fracture of shaft of unspecified 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 16 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S82.24, choose S82.243 (Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: displaced spiral fracture of shaft of right tibia (S82.241), displaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia (S82.242), nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of right tibia (S82.244), nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of left tibia (S82.245) and nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia (S82.246).

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.

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