ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M87 Osteonecrosis › M87.8

M87.8

Other osteonecrosis

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • M87.80 Other osteonecrosis, unspecified bone
  • M87.81 Other osteonecrosis, shoulder (also a header)
  • M87.82 Other osteonecrosis, humerus (also a header)
  • M87.83 Other osteonecrosis of radius, ulna and carpus (also a header)
  • M87.84 Other osteonecrosis, hand and fingers (also a header)
  • M87.85 Other osteonecrosis, pelvis and femur (also a header)
  • M87.86 Other osteonecrosis, tibia and fibula (also a header)
  • M87.87 Other osteonecrosis, ankle, foot and toes (also a header)
  • M87.88 Other osteonecrosis, other site
  • M87.89 Other osteonecrosis, multiple sites

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other osteonecrosis

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.-)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M87.0 Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone Not billable
M87.1 Osteonecrosis due to drugs Not billable
M87.2 Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma Not billable
M87.3 Other secondary osteonecrosis Not billable
M87.9 Osteonecrosis, unspecified Valid