ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M91-M94 › M93 Other osteochondropathies › M93.0
M93.0
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic)
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:
- M93.00 Unspecified slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (also a header)
- M93.01 Acute slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic) (also a header)
- M93.02 Chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic) (also a header)
- M93.03 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, stable (nontraumatic) (also a header)
- M93.04 Acute slipped upper femoral epiphysis, unstable (nontraumatic) (also a header)
- M93.05 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, unstable (nontraumatic) (also a header)
- M93.06 Acute slipped upper femoral epiphysis, unspecified stability (nontraumatic) (also a header)
- M93.07 Acute on chronic slipped upper femoral epiphysis, unspecified stability (nontraumatic) (also a header)
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 Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic)
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 M93 Other osteochondropathies
Excludes2 - not included here
- osteochondrosis of spine (M42.-)
Inherited from the M91-M94 section Chondropathies (M91-M94)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- postprocedural chondropathies (M96.-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M93.1 | Kienbock's disease of adults | Valid |
| M93.2 | Osteochondritis dissecans | Not billable |
| M93.8 | Other specified osteochondropathies | Not billable |
| M93.9 | Osteochondropathy, unspecified | Not billable |