Trimalleolar fractures are the least common ankle fracture. A trimalleolar fracture happens when you break your lower leg sections that form your ankle joint and help you move your foot and ankle. Treatment includes surgery and extensive physical therapy.
They're at the end of your tibia along the inner aspect, at the fibula along the outer aspect, and at the back of the tibia. They create a triangle in your ankle. A trimalleolar facture can result from a number of injuries, such as a fall, car accident, or sports injury.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S82. 92XA: Unspecified fracture of left lower leg, initial encounter for closed fracture.
A trimalleolar ankle fracture is when your ankle breaks in three separate places. Only 7% of all ankle breaks are trimalleolar ankle fractures. They are rare, and they are among the worst kinds of ankle fractures.
Trimalleolar fractures means that all three malleoli of the ankle are broken. These are unstable injuries and they can be associated with a dislocation.
Physicians classify broken ankles by the area of bone that has fractured. For instance, if both the fibula and tibia have broken, it is considered a bimalleolar fracture. Conversely, a trimalleolar fracture involves a break in the three parts of the ankle.
S82.832A2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S82. 832A: Other fracture of upper and lower end of left fibula, initial encounter for closed fracture.
ICD-9 Code Transition: 786.5 Code R07. 9 is the diagnosis code used for Chest Pain, Unspecified. Chest pain may be a symptom of a number of serious disorders and is, in general, considered a medical emergency.
ICD-10 code M25. 572 for Pain in left ankle and joints of left foot is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Arthropathies .
A trimalleolar fracture occurs when the three malleoli bones that make up the ankle break at the same time. The malleoli are specific parts of the tibia and fibula that form the ankle.
Ankle Anatomythe tibia, the larger and stronger of the two lower leg bones, which forms the inside part of the of the ankle.the fibula, the smaller bone of the lower leg, which forms the outside part of the ankle.the talus, a small bone between the tibia and fibula and the calcaneus, or heel bone.