S82.201A (Unspecified fracture of shaft of right tibia, initial encounter for closed fracture)
compared with
S82.209A (Unspecified fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia, initial encounter for closed fracture),
from the official CMS tabular data. S82.201A and S82.209A code the same condition on opposite sides.
Unspecified fracture of shaft of unspecified tibia, initial encounter for closed fracture
Same condition; these differ only in which side is documented.
These codes share a category and title and differ only in the side affected. The documentation decides which applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.
Source: ICD-10-CM tabular list (laterality variant derived from the code title)
Can these codes be reported together?
Same condition, opposite side. S82.201A and S82.209A name the same condition on opposite sides of the body.
Same category and title, differing only in which side is affected — the documentation decides which one applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.