ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M89.7 Major osseous defect › M89.74

M89.74

Major osseous defect, hand

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:

  • M89.741 Major osseous defect, right hand
  • M89.742 Major osseous defect, left hand
  • M89.749 Major osseous defect, unspecified hand

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, hand

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
M89.70 Major osseous defect, unspecified site Valid
M89.71 Major osseous defect, shoulder region Not billable
M89.72 Major osseous defect, humerus Not billable
M89.73 Major osseous defect, forearm 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