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M89.15

Physeal arrest, 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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • M89.151 Complete physeal arrest, right proximal femur
  • M89.152 Complete physeal arrest, left proximal femur
  • M89.153 Partial physeal arrest, right proximal femur
  • M89.154 Partial physeal arrest, left proximal femur
  • M89.155 Complete physeal arrest, right distal femur
  • M89.156 Complete physeal arrest, left distal femur
  • M89.157 Partial physeal arrest, right distal femur
  • M89.158 Partial physeal arrest, left distal femur
  • M89.159 Physeal arrest, femur, unspecified

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 Physeal arrest, 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 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
M89.12 Physeal arrest, humerus Not billable
M89.13 Physeal arrest, forearm Not billable
M89.16 Physeal arrest, lower leg Not billable
M89.18 Physeal arrest, other site Valid