ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M87.8 Other osteonecrosis › M87.85

M87.85

Other osteonecrosis, pelvis and femur

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • M87.850 Other osteonecrosis, pelvis
  • M87.851 Other osteonecrosis, right femur
  • M87.852 Other osteonecrosis, left femur
  • M87.859 Other osteonecrosis, unspecified femur

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, pelvis and femur

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
M87.80 Other osteonecrosis, unspecified bone Valid
M87.81 Other osteonecrosis, shoulder Not billable
M87.82 Other osteonecrosis, humerus Not billable
M87.83 Other osteonecrosis of radius, ulna and carpus Not billable
M87.84 Other osteonecrosis, hand and fingers Not billable
M87.86 Other osteonecrosis, tibia and fibula Not billable
M87.87 Other osteonecrosis, ankle, foot and toes Not billable
M87.88 Other osteonecrosis, other site Valid
M87.89 Other osteonecrosis, multiple sites Valid