Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 824.5
Bimalleolar fracture, open
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 824.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 824.5 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 824.5 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.843B Displaced bimalleolar fracture of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.843C Displaced bimalleolar fracture of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.846B Nondisplaced bimalleolar fracture of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.846C Nondisplaced bimalleolar fracture of unspecified lower leg, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
Approximate Synonyms
  • Open left bimalleolar (lower leg bones) fracture
  • Open left bimalleolar fracture
  • Open left bimalleolar Fx
  • Open right bimalleolar (lower leg bones) fracture
  • Open right bimalleolar fracture
  • Open right bimalleolar Fx
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 824.5:
  • Dupuytren's
  • Fracture (abduction) (adduction) (avulsion) (compression) (crush) (dislocation) (oblique) (separation) (closed) 829.0
    • bimalleolar (closed) 824.4
      • open 824.5
    • malleolus (closed) 824.8
      • bimalleolar 824.4
        • open 824.5
      • 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
    • Pott's (closed) 824.4
      • open 824.5
  • Pott's
    • fracture (closed) 824.4
      • open 824.5
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