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Specific code 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 823.30
Open fracture of shaft of tibia
  • Short description: FX TIBIA SHAFT-OPEN.
  • ICD-9-CM 823.30 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 823.30 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 2006 version of ICD-9-CM 823.30.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 823.30: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 823.30 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.209B Unspecified fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.209C Unspecified fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
Approximate Synonyms
  • Open fracture of shaft of left tibia
  • Open fracture of shaft of right tibia
  • Open left tibia shaft (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Open left tibia shaft Fx
  • Open right tibia shaft (lower leg bone) fracture
  • Open right tibia shaft Fx
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 823.30:
  • 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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