Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone

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:

M87.00 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified bone
M87.01 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of shoulder (also a header)
M87.02 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of humerus (also a header)
M87.03 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of radius, ulna and carpus (also a header)
M87.04 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of hand and fingers (also a header)
M87.05 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of pelvis and femur (also a header)
M87.06 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of tibia and fibula (also a header)
M87.07 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of ankle, foot and toes (also a header)
M87.08 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone, other site
M87.09 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone, 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone

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 M87 Osteonecrosis

Excludes1 - never coded here

juvenile osteonecrosis (M91-M92)
osteochondropathies (M90-M93)

Use additional code

code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)

Includes

avascular necrosis of bone

Inherited from the M86-M90 section Other osteopathies (M86-M90)

Excludes1 - never coded here

postprocedural osteopathies (M96.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M87.1	Osteonecrosis due to drugs	Not billable
M87.2	Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma	Not billable
M87.3	Other secondary osteonecrosis	Not billable
M87.8	Other osteonecrosis	Not billable
M87.9	Osteonecrosis, unspecified	Valid