ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M87.0 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone › M87.03

M87.03

Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of radius, ulna and carpus

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • M87.031 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right radius
  • M87.032 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left radius
  • M87.033 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified radius
  • M87.034 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right ulna
  • M87.035 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left ulna
  • M87.036 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified ulna
  • M87.037 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right carpus
  • M87.038 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left carpus
  • M87.039 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified carpus

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 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of radius, ulna and carpus

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.-)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M87.00 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified bone Valid
M87.01 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of shoulder Not billable
M87.02 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of humerus Not billable
M87.04 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of hand and fingers Not billable
M87.05 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of pelvis and femur Not billable
M87.06 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of tibia and fibula Not billable
M87.07 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of ankle, foot and toes Not billable
M87.08 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone, other site Valid
M87.09 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone, multiple sites Valid