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M89.16

Physeal arrest, lower leg

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:

  • M89.160 Complete physeal arrest, right proximal tibia
  • M89.161 Complete physeal arrest, left proximal tibia
  • M89.162 Partial physeal arrest, right proximal tibia
  • M89.163 Partial physeal arrest, left proximal tibia
  • M89.164 Complete physeal arrest, right distal tibia
  • M89.165 Complete physeal arrest, left distal tibia
  • M89.166 Partial physeal arrest, right distal tibia
  • M89.167 Partial physeal arrest, left distal tibia
  • M89.168 Other physeal arrest of lower leg
  • M89.169 Physeal arrest, lower leg, 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, lower leg

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
M89.15 Physeal arrest, femur Not billable
M89.18 Physeal arrest, other site Valid