S82.252A vs S82.252E
S82.252A (Displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of left tibia, initial encounter for closed fracture) compared with S82.252E (Displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing), from the official CMS tabular data. S82.252A and S82.252E code the same injury at a different phase of treatment.
Can these codes be reported together?
Same injury, other encounter phase. S82.252A and S82.252E code the same injury at a different phase of treatment, set by the 7th character.
The 7th character records the type of care given at the encounter being coded (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.C.19.a), so one encounter takes one of these, not both.
Side by side
| S82.252ADisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of left tibia, initial encounter for closed fracture | S82.252EDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Billable |
| Classification | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) |
| Definition | Displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of left tibia, initial encounter for closed fracture is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (S82.252A). | Displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of left tibia, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (S82.252E). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S82 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S82 |
| Includes | fracture of malleolus | fracture of malleolus |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources