Physeal arrest

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 5 more specific codes instead:

M89.12 Physeal arrest, humerus (also a header)
M89.13 Physeal arrest, forearm (also a header)
M89.15 Physeal arrest, femur (also a header)
M89.16 Physeal arrest, lower leg (also a header)
M89.18 Physeal arrest, other site

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 Physeal arrest

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 the M86-M90 section Other osteopathies (M86-M90)

Excludes1 - never coded here

postprocedural osteopathies (M96.-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M89.0	Algoneurodystrophy	Not billable
M89.2	Other disorders of bone development and growth	Not billable
M89.3	Hypertrophy of bone	Not billable
M89.4	Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy	Not billable
M89.5	Osteolysis	Not billable
M89.6	Osteopathy after poliomyelitis	Not billable
M89.7	Major osseous defect	Not billable
M89.8	Other specified disorders of bone	Not billable
M89.9	Disorder of bone, unspecified	Valid