ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M89 Other disorders of bone › M89.7

M89.7

Major osseous defect

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:

  • M89.70 Major osseous defect, unspecified site
  • M89.71 Major osseous defect, shoulder region (also a header)
  • M89.72 Major osseous defect, humerus (also a header)
  • M89.73 Major osseous defect, forearm (also a header)
  • M89.74 Major osseous defect, hand (also a header)
  • M89.75 Major osseous defect, pelvic region and thigh (also a header)
  • M89.76 Major osseous defect, lower leg (also a header)
  • M89.77 Major osseous defect, ankle and foot (also a header)
  • M89.78 Major osseous defect, other site
  • M89.79 Major osseous defect, multiple sites

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 Major osseous defect

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

CodeDescriptionStatus
M89.0 Algoneurodystrophy Not billable
M89.1 Physeal arrest 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
M89.8 Other specified disorders of bone Not billable
M89.9 Disorder of bone, unspecified Valid