ICD-10-CM 7th Character Values · FY 2027 6 Values

7th Character Values: Pathological Fracture Encounter ICD-10-CM

Encounter and healing status for pathological, osteoporotic, stress and atypical femoral fractures. In FY 2027 6 categories use this set, covering 1,224 complete codes.

✓ From the official FY 2027 ICD-10-CM Tabular ListDefinitions follow the Official Guidelines, Section I.A

Values

What Each Value Means 6 values

Character	Meaning
A	initial encounter for fracture
D	subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
G	subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
K	subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
P	subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
S	sequela

ICD-10-CM

Categories That Use These Values 6 categories

Category	Title	Chapter	Codes
M80	Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture	Ch. 13	324
M84.3	Stress fracture	Ch. 13	228
M84.4	Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified	Ch. 13	228
M84.5	Pathological fracture in neoplastic disease	Ch. 13	192
M84.6	Pathological fracture in other disease	Ch. 13	192
M84.75	Atypical femoral fracture	Ch. 13	60

Every code under these categories takes one of the values above in the seventh position, with X placeholders when the code is shorter than six characters. For example, a code under M80 ends in A for initial encounter for fracture. “Codes” counts the complete 7-character codes.

Other 7th Character Value Sets

Encounter: Initial, Subsequent, Sequela Eye Laterality Closed Fracture Encounter Fetus Identification Glaucoma Stage Open or Closed Fracture Encounter Coma Scale Timing Skull, Spine and Pelvis Fracture Encounter Open Fracture Type Encounter Retinal Vein Occlusion Status Vertebral Fracture Encounter Dry Macular Degeneration Stage Wet Macular Degeneration Stage Chronic Gout Tophus

Questions About These 7th Characters

What do the 7th characters A, D, G, K, P, S mean?

In this set: A (initial encounter for fracture); D (subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing); G (subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing); K (subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion); P (subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion); S (sequela).

Which ICD-10-CM categories use the Pathological Fracture Encounter 7th characters?

6 categories and subcategories use them in FY 2027, covering 1,224 codes. The table above lists each one with its chapter and code count.

What if the code is shorter than six characters?

Fill the empty positions with the placeholder X so the 7th character is in the seventh position. A code that requires a 7th character is invalid without it (Sections I.A.4 and I.A.5).

Related References

ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines ICD-10-CM Code Lookup ICD-10-CM Codes List Code Lists by Tag

Source: FY 2027 ICD-10-CM Tabular List (CMS and NCHS) and the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY 2027, Section I.A. ICD List is not affiliated with CMS or NCHS.