ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M86.8X6 Other osteomyelitis, lower leg › M86.8X69
M86.8X69
Other osteomyelitis, unspecified lower leg
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2027 to now.
- FY2027 Added to the code set Other osteomyelitis, unspecified lower leg
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 |
|---|---|---|
| M86.8X61 | Other osteomyelitis, right lower leg | Valid |
| M86.8X62 | Other osteomyelitis, left lower leg | Valid |