ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M87.23 Osteonecrosis due to previous... › M87.239
Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of unspecified carpus
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of unspecified 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 |
|---|---|---|
| M87.231 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of right radius | Valid |
| M87.232 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of left radius | Valid |
| M87.233 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of unspecified radius | Valid |
| M87.234 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of right ulna | Valid |
| M87.235 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of left ulna | Valid |
| M87.236 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of unspecified ulna | Valid |
| M87.237 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of right carpus | Valid |
| M87.238 | Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of left carpus | Valid |