ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M87.0 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone › M87.06
Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of tibia and fibula
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 6 more specific codes instead:
- M87.061 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right tibia
- M87.062 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left tibia
- M87.063 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified tibia
- M87.064 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right fibula
- M87.065 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left fibula
- M87.066 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified fibula
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 tibia and fibula
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.
- Necrosis, necrotic > bone
- Necrosis, necrotic > vertebra
- Necrosis, necrotic > spine, spinal
- Necrosis, necrotic > hip, aseptic or avascular
- Necrosis, necrotic > bone > aseptic or avascular
- Osteonecrosis > idiopathic aseptic > tibia
- Osteonecrosis > idiopathic aseptic > fibula
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| M87.03 | Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of radius, ulna and carpus | Not billable |
| M87.04 | Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of hand and fingers | Not billable |
| M87.05 | Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of pelvis and femur | Not billable |
| M87.07 | 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 |