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M86.1

Other acute 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:

  • M86.10 Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified site
  • M86.11 Other acute osteomyelitis, shoulder (also a header)
  • M86.12 Other acute osteomyelitis, humerus (also a header)
  • M86.13 Other acute osteomyelitis, radius and ulna (also a header)
  • M86.14 Other acute osteomyelitis, hand (also a header)
  • M86.15 Other acute osteomyelitis, femur (also a header)
  • M86.16 Other acute osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula (also a header)
  • M86.17 Other acute osteomyelitis, ankle and foot (also a header)
  • M86.18 Other acute osteomyelitis, other site
  • M86.19 Other acute 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other acute 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

CodeDescriptionStatus
M86.0 Acute hematogenous 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