ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M86.8X Other osteomyelitis › M86.8X5
Other osteomyelitis, thigh
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other osteomyelitis, thigh
- FY2027 Stopped being billable
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.
- Osteitis
- Osteopathy
- Carbunculus
- Diaphysitis
- Endosteitis
- Periostitis
- Abscess > bone
- Abscess > serous
- Osteoperiostitis
- Dactylitis > bone
- Osteitis > Garr's
- Abscess > scapular
- Ganglion > periosteal
- Osteomyelitis > Garr's
- Pearl-worker's disease
- Abscess > subperiosteal
- Osteomyelitis > nonsuppurating
- Abscess > periosteum, periosteal
- Periostosis > with osteomyelitis
- Disease, diseased > pearl-worker's
- Osteitis > sclerotic, nonsuppurative
- Infection, infected, infective > bone
- Suppuration, suppurative > pericranial
- Garré's disease, osteitis, osteomyelitis
- Osteomyelitis > sclerosing, nonsuppurative
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > bone
- Granuloma > bone > from residual foreign body
- Abscess > periosteum, periosteal > with osteomyelitis
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > bone
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > orbit > acute > periostitis
- Abscess > Brodie's
- Brodie's abscess or disease
- Osteomyelitis > specified type NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M86.8X0 | Other osteomyelitis, multiple sites | Valid |
| M86.8X1 | Other osteomyelitis, shoulder | Not billable |
| M86.8X2 | Other osteomyelitis, upper arm | Not billable |
| M86.8X3 | Other osteomyelitis, forearm | Not billable |
| M86.8X4 | Other osteomyelitis, hand | Not billable |
| M86.8X6 | Other osteomyelitis, lower leg | Not billable |
| M86.8X7 | Other osteomyelitis, ankle and foot | Not billable |
| M86.8X8 | Other osteomyelitis, other site | Not billable |
| M86.8X9 | Other osteomyelitis, unspecified sites | Valid |