Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 823.00
Closed fracture of upper end of tibia alone
  • Short description: Fx upper end tibia-close.
  • ICD-9-CM 823.00 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 823.00 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 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 823.00.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 823.00: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 823.00 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.109A Unspecified fracture of upper end of unspecified tibia, initial encounter for closed fracture
Approximate Synonyms
  • Closed bicondylar fracture of left tibial plateau
  • Closed bicondylar fracture of right tibial plateau
  • Closed fracture lateral plateau of left tibia
  • Closed fracture lateral plateau of right tibia
  • Closed fracture of left tibial plateau
  • Closed fracture of left tibial spine
  • Closed fracture of medial plateau of left tibia
  • Closed fracture of medial plateau of right tibia
  • Closed fracture of proximal end of left tibia
  • Closed fracture of proximal end of right tibia
  • Closed fracture of right tibial plateau
  • Closed fracture of right tibial spine
  • Closed fracture of tuberosity of left tibia
  • Closed fracture of tuberosity of right tibia
  • Closed fracture of upper end of tibia
  • Closed fracture tibia, upper end
  • Closed FX tibia, upper end
  • Closed proximal physeal fracture of left tibia
  • Closed proximal physeal fracture of right tibia
  • Fracture of tibial plateau
  • Fracture tibial plateau
  • FX tibial plateau
  • Left bicondylar tibial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Left bicondylar tibial plateau Fx
  • Left proximal tibia Fx
  • Left tibia (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Left tibia lateral plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Left tibia lateral plateau Fx
  • Left tibia medial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Left tibia medial plateau Fx
  • Left tibia physeal (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Left tibia proximal physeal Fx
  • Left tibia spine (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Left tibia spine Fx
  • Left tibia tuberosity (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Left tibia tuberosity Fx
  • Left tibial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Left tibial plateau Fx
  • Right bicondylar tibial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Right bicondylar tibial plateau Fx
  • Right proximal tibia Fx
  • Right tibia (upper leg bone) fracture
  • Right tibia lateral plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Right tibia lateral plateau Fx
  • Right tibia medial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Right tibia medial plateau Fx
  • Right tibia physeal (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Right tibia proximal physeal Fx
  • Right tibia spine (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Right tibia spine Fx
  • Right tibia tuberosity (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Right tibia tuberosity Fx
  • Right tibial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Right tibial plateau Fx
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 823.00:
  • Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
    • tibia (closed) 823.80
      • with fibula 823.82
      • condyles - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
      • distal end 824.8
      • epiphysis
        • lower 824.8
        • upper - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
      • head (involving knee joint) - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
      • intercondyloid eminence - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
      • involving ankle 824.0
      • lower end or extremity (anterior lip) (posterior lip) 824.8
      • malleolus (internal) (medial) 824.0
      • 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
      • tuberosity - see Fracture, tibia, upper end
      • upper end or extremity (condyle) (epiphysis) (head) (spine) (proximal end) (tuberosity) 823.00
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