Osteonecrosis due to drugs, shoulder

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 3 more specific codes instead:

M87.111 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, right shoulder
M87.112 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, left shoulder
M87.119 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, unspecified shoulder

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 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, shoulder

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
Osteonecrosis > due to > drugs
Necrosis, necrotic > spine, spinal
Necrosis, necrotic > hip, aseptic or avascular
Necrosis, necrotic > bone > aseptic or avascular
Osteonecrosis > secondary NEC > due to > drugs > scapula
Osteonecrosis > secondary NEC > due to > drugs > clavicle

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M87.10	Osteonecrosis due to drugs, unspecified bone	Valid
M87.12	Osteonecrosis due to drugs, humerus	Not billable
M87.13	Osteonecrosis due to drugs of radius, ulna and carpus	Not billable
M87.14	Osteonecrosis due to drugs, hand and fingers	Not billable
M87.15	Osteonecrosis due to drugs, pelvis and femur	Not billable
M87.16	Osteonecrosis due to drugs, tibia and fibula	Not billable
M87.17	Osteonecrosis due to drugs, ankle, foot and toes	Not billable
M87.18	Osteonecrosis due to drugs, other site	Not billable
M87.19	Osteonecrosis due to drugs, multiple sites	Valid