ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M86.8X8 Other osteomyelitis, other site › M86.8X80
M86.8X80
Other osteomyelitis, skull
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, skull
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.
- Tumor > Pott's puffy
- Pott's > tumor, puffy
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M86.8X81 | Other osteomyelitis, face and sinuses | Valid |
| M86.8X89 | Other osteomyelitis, other site | Valid |