Available 7th characters for fractures in ICD-10

Effective Aug 17, 2015

Published Aug 17, 2015

Last Reviewed Aug 17, 2015

The following are the 7th character options available in ICD-10 to identify the type of encounter when providing care for traumatic and pathological fractures.
7th character possibilities for traumatic fractures	7th character possibilities for pathological fractures
• A initial encounter for closed fracture	• A initial encounter for fracture
• B initial encounter for open fracture type I or II / initial encounter for open fracture NOS	• D subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
• C initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC	• G subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
• D subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing	• K subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
• E subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing	• P subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
• F subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing	• S sequela
• G subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
• H subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
• J subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
• K subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
• M subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
• N subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
• P subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
• Q subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
• R subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
• S sequela

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