ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M86-M90 › M89.7 Major osseous defect › M89.78
Major osseous defect, other site
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Major osseous defect, other site
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 > specified NEC
- Defect, defective > osseous, major > specified NEC
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 |
| M89.72 | Major osseous defect, humerus | 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 |
| M89.79 | Major osseous defect, multiple sites | Valid |