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M87.333

Other secondary osteonecrosis of unspecified radius

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other secondary osteonecrosis of unspecified radius

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
M87.331 Other secondary osteonecrosis of right radius Valid
M87.332 Other secondary osteonecrosis of left radius Valid
M87.334 Other secondary osteonecrosis of right ulna Valid
M87.335 Other secondary osteonecrosis of left ulna Valid
M87.336 Other secondary osteonecrosis of unspecified ulna Valid
M87.337 Other secondary osteonecrosis of right carpus Valid
M87.338 Other secondary osteonecrosis of left carpus Valid
M87.339 Other secondary osteonecrosis of unspecified carpus Valid