ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M86.8 Other osteomyelitis › M86.8X

M86.8X

Other 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:

  • M86.8X0 Other osteomyelitis, multiple sites
  • M86.8X1 Other osteomyelitis, shoulder (also a header)
  • M86.8X2 Other osteomyelitis, upper arm (also a header)
  • M86.8X3 Other osteomyelitis, forearm (also a header)
  • M86.8X4 Other osteomyelitis, hand (also a header)
  • M86.8X5 Other osteomyelitis, thigh (also a header)
  • M86.8X6 Other osteomyelitis, lower leg (also a header)
  • M86.8X7 Other osteomyelitis, ankle and foot (also a header)
  • M86.8X8 Other osteomyelitis, other site (also a header)
  • M86.8X9 Other osteomyelitis, unspecified 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 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.-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.