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M16

Osteoarthritis of hip

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • M16.0 Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of hip
  • M16.1 Unilateral primary osteoarthritis of hip (also a header)
  • M16.2 Bilateral osteoarthritis resulting from hip dysplasia
  • M16.3 Unilateral osteoarthritis resulting from hip dysplasia (also a header)
  • M16.4 Bilateral post-traumatic osteoarthritis of hip
  • M16.5 Unilateral post-traumatic osteoarthritis of hip (also a header)
  • M16.6 Other bilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip
  • M16.7 Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of hip
  • M16.9 Osteoarthritis of hip, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Osteoarthritis of hip

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from the M15-M19 section Osteoarthritis (M15-M19)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • osteoarthritis of spine (M47.-)