Unspecified slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic), bilateral hips

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2023 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.

FY2023 Added to the code set Unspecified slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic), bilateral hips

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.-)

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.

Apophysitis
Epiphysitis
Acrostealgia
Osteochondritis
Osteochondrosis
Loosening > epiphysis
Epiphyseolysis, epiphysiolysis
Osteochondropathy > slipped upper femoral epiphysis
Separation > epiphysis, epiphyseal > nontraumatic > upper femoral
Slipped, slipping > epiphysis > upper femoral[SUFE]
Slipped, slipping > epiphysis > capital femoral > nontraumatic

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M93.001	Unspecified slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic), right hip	Valid
M93.002	Unspecified slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic), left hip	Valid
M93.003	Unspecified slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic), unspecified hip	Valid