S82.87Pilon fracture of tibia

S82.87 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for pilon fracture 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 6 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S82.8 (other fractures of lower leg), S82.87 is specifically for pilon fracture of tibia. Related codes cover Torus fracture of upper end of fibula (S82.81), Torus fracture of lower end of fibula (S82.82), other fracture of upper and lower end of fibula (S82.83), bimalleolar fracture of lower leg (S82.84), trimalleolar fracture of lower leg (S82.85), Maisonneuve's fracture (S82.86) and other fractures of lower leg (S82.89).

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.