Physeal arrest, lower leg, unspecified

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Physeal arrest, lower leg, unspecified

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.

Harris' lines
Line > Harris'
Epiphyseal arrest
Arrest, arrested > physeal
Arrest, arrested > growth plate
Arrest, arrested > epiphyseal > forearm > ulna
Arrest, arrested > epiphyseal > lower leg > tibia
Arrest, arrested > epiphyseal > lower leg
Arrest, arrested > epiphyseal > partial > tibia
Arrest, arrested > epiphyseal > complete > tibia

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M89.160	Complete physeal arrest, right proximal tibia	Valid
M89.161	Complete physeal arrest, left proximal tibia	Valid
M89.162	Partial physeal arrest, right proximal tibia	Valid
M89.163	Partial physeal arrest, left proximal tibia	Valid
M89.164	Complete physeal arrest, right distal tibia	Valid
M89.165	Complete physeal arrest, left distal tibia	Valid
M89.166	Partial physeal arrest, right distal tibia	Valid
M89.167	Partial physeal arrest, left distal tibia	Valid
M89.168	Other physeal arrest of lower leg	Valid