
 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 823.10 
  Open fracture of upper end of tibia alone
- 2014
 - Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
 - Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
 
- Short description: Fx upper end tibia-open.
 - ICD-9-CM 823.10 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 823.10 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 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 823.10.
 - More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 823.10: 2015.
 
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 
823.10 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.109B Unspecified fracture of upper end of unspecified tibia, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
Or:
 - 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S82.109C Unspecified fracture of upper end of unspecified tibia, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
 
 Approximate Synonyms
- Open fracture of left bicondylar tibial plateau
 - Open fracture of left lateral tibial plateau
 - Open fracture of left medial tibial plateau
 - Open fracture of left proximal tibia
 - Open fracture of left tibial plateau
 - Open fracture of left tibial tuberosity
 - Open fracture of right bicondylar tibial plateau
 - Open fracture of right lateral tibial plateau
 - Open fracture of right medial tibial plateau
 - Open fracture of right proximal tibia
 - Open fracture of right tibial plateau
 - Open fracture of right tibial spine
 - Open fracture of right tibial tubercle
 - Open fracture of spine of left tibia
 - Open left bicondylar tibial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open left bicondylar tibial plateau Fx
 - Open left proximal tibia Fx
 - Open left tibia (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open left tibia lateral plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open left tibia lateral plateau Fx
 - Open left tibia medial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open left tibia medial plateau Fx
 - Open left tibia spine (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open left tibia spine Fx
 - Open left tibia tuberosity (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open left tibia tuberosity Fx
 - Open left tibial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open left tibial plateau Fx
 - Open right bicondylar tibial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open right bicondylar tibial plateau Fx
 - Open right proximal tibia Fx
 - Open right tibia (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open right tibia lateral plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open right tibia lateral plateau Fx
 - Open right tibia medial plateau Fx
 - Open right tibia medial plateau(lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open right tibia spine (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open right tibia spine Fx
 - Open right tibia tuberosity (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open right tibia tuberosity Fx
 - Open right tibial plateau (lower leg bone) fracture
 - Open right tibial plateau Fx
 
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 
823.10:
- 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