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Specific code 2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 824.7
Trimalleolar fracture open
  • Short description: Fx trimalleolar-open.
  • ICD-9-CM 824.7 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 824.7 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2010 version of ICD-9-CM 824.7.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 824.7: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 824.7 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.853B Displaced trimalleolar fracture of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.853C Displaced trimalleolar fracture of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.856B Nondisplaced trimalleolar fracture of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.856C Nondisplaced trimalleolar fracture of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
Approximate Synonyms
  • Open left trimalleolar (lower leg bones) fracture
  • Open left trimalleolar fracture
  • Open left trimalleolar Fx
  • Open right trimalleolar (lower leg bones) fracture
  • Open right trimalleolar fracture
  • Open right trimalleolar Fx
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 824.7:
  • Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
    • malleolus (closed) 824.8
      • bimalleolar 824.4
      • lateral 824.2
        • and medial - see also Fracture, malleolus, bimalleolar
          • with lip of tibia - see Fracture, malleolus, trimalleolar
        • open 824.3
      • medial (closed) 824.0
        • and lateral - see also Fracture, malleolus, bimalleolar
          • with lip of tibia - see Fracture, malleolus, trimalleolar
        • open 824.1
      • open 824.9
      • trimalleolar (closed) 824.6
        • open 824.7
    • trimalleolar (closed) 824.6
      • open 824.7
 824.6 ICD9Data.com 824.8 
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