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2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 823.12
Open fracture of upper end of fibula with tibia
- Short description: Fx up tibia w fibula-opn.
- ICD-9-CM 823.12 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2011 version of ICD-9-CM 823.12.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 823.12: 2012 2013.
Convert 823.12 to ICD-10-CM 
823.12 can be converted using the following scenario:
Scenario 1
- 2013 ICD-10-CM S82.101B Unspecified fracture of upper end of right tibia, initial encounter for open fracture type I or IIOr:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM S82.831B Other fracture of upper and lower end of right fibula, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- 2013 ICD-10-CM S82.102B Unspecified fracture of upper end of left tibia, initial encounter for open fracture type I or IIOr:
- 2013 ICD-10-CM S82.832B Other fracture of upper and lower end of left fibula, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
With:
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 823.12:
- Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
fibula (closed) 823.81
with tibia 823.82
open 823.92
- distal end 824.8
- open 824.9
- epiphysis
- head - see Fracture, fibula, upper end
- involving ankle 824.2
- open 824.3
- lower end or extremity 824.8
- open 824.9
- malleolus (external) (lateral) 824.2
- open 824.3
- open NEC 823.91
- pathologic 733.16
- proximal end - see Fracture, fibula, upper end
- shaft 823.21
- stress 733.93
- torus 823.41
- with tibia 823.42
- upper end or extremity (epiphysis) (head) (proximal end) (styloid) 823.01
- tibia (closed) 823.80
with fibula 823.82- open 823.92
- condyles - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
- distal end 824.8
- open 824.9
- epiphysis
- head (involving knee joint) - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
- intercondyloid eminence - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
- involving ankle 824.0
- open 824.1
- lower end or extremity (anterior lip) (posterior lip) 824.8
- open 824.9
- malleolus (internal) (medial) 824.0
- open 824.1
- open NEC 823.90
- pathologic 733.16
- proximal end - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
- shaft 823.20
- spine - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
- stress 733.93
- torus 823.40
- with fibula 823.42
- tuberosity - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
- upper end or extremity (condyle) (epiphysis) (head) (spine) (proximal end) (tuberosity) 823.00
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