Major osseous defect, humerus

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 3 more specific codes instead:

M89.721 Major osseous defect, right humerus
M89.722 Major osseous defect, left humerus
M89.729 Major osseous defect, unspecified humerus

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 Major osseous defect, humerus

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.

Defect, defective > major osseous > humerus
Defect, defective > osseous, major > humerus

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M89.70	Major osseous defect, unspecified site	Valid
M89.71	Major osseous defect, shoulder region	Not billable
M89.73	Major osseous defect, forearm	Not billable
M89.74	Major osseous defect, hand	Not billable
M89.75	Major osseous defect, pelvic region and thigh	Not billable
M89.76	Major osseous defect, lower leg	Not billable
M89.77	Major osseous defect, ankle and foot	Not billable
M89.78	Major osseous defect, other site	Valid
M89.79	Major osseous defect, multiple sites	Valid