ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M87.2 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma › M87.23
Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma 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.
Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:
- M87.231 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of right radius
- M87.232 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of left radius
- M87.233 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of unspecified radius
- M87.234 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of right ulna
- M87.235 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of left ulna
- M87.236 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of unspecified ulna
- M87.237 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of right carpus
- M87.238 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of left carpus
- M87.239 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma 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.
- Necrosis, necrotic > bone
- Necrosis, necrotic > vertebra
- Osteonecrosis > due to > trauma
- Necrosis, necrotic > spine, spinal
- Necrosis, necrotic > hip, aseptic or avascular
- Necrosis, necrotic > bone > aseptic or avascular
- Osteonecrosis > secondary NEC > due to > trauma > ulna
- Osteonecrosis > secondary NEC > due to > trauma > carpus
- Osteonecrosis > secondary NEC > due to > trauma > radius
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M87.20 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, unspecified bone | Valid |
| M87.21 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, shoulder | Not billable |
| M87.22 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, humerus | Not billable |
| M87.24 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, hand and fingers | Not billable |
| M87.25 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, pelvis and femur | Not billable |
| M87.26 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, tibia and fibula | Not billable |
| M87.27 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, ankle, foot and toes | Not billable |
| M87.28 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, other site | Valid |
| M87.29 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, multiple sites | Valid |