Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis

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 10 more specific codes instead:

M86.00 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified site
M86.01 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, shoulder (also a header)
M86.02 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, humerus (also a header)
M86.03 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulna (also a header)
M86.04 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, hand (also a header)
M86.05 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, femur (also a header)
M86.06 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula (also a header)
M86.07 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, ankle and foot (also a header)
M86.08 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, other sites
M86.09 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, multiple sites

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis

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 M86 Osteomyelitis

Excludes1 - never coded here

osteomyelitis due to:
echinococcus (B67.2)
gonococcus (A54.43)
salmonella (A02.24)

Excludes2 - not included here

ostemyelitis of:
orbit (H05.0-)
petrous bone (H70.2-)
vertebra (M46.2-)

Use additional code

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)

Inherited from the M86-M90 section Other osteopathies (M86-M90)

Excludes1 - never coded here

postprocedural osteopathies (M96.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M86.1	Other acute osteomyelitis	Not billable
M86.2	Subacute osteomyelitis	Not billable
M86.3	Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis	Not billable
M86.4	Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus	Not billable
M86.5	Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis	Not billable
M86.6	Other chronic osteomyelitis	Not billable
M86.8	Other osteomyelitis	Not billable
M86.9	Osteomyelitis, unspecified	Valid