Other specified osteochondropathies

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 10 more specific codes instead:

M93.80 Other specified osteochondropathies of unspecified site
M93.81 Other specified osteochondropathies of shoulder (also a header)
M93.82 Other specified osteochondropathies of upper arm (also a header)
M93.83 Other specified osteochondropathies of forearm (also a header)
M93.84 Other specified osteochondropathies of hand (also a header)
M93.85 Other specified osteochondropathies of thigh (also a header)
M93.86 Other specified osteochondropathies lower leg (also a header)
M93.87 Other specified osteochondropathies of ankle and foot (also a header)
M93.88 Other specified osteochondropathies other
M93.89 Other specified osteochondropathies multiple sites

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 Other specified osteochondropathies

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
M93.0	Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic)	Not billable
M93.1	Kienbock's disease of adults	Valid
M93.2	Osteochondritis dissecans	Not billable
M93.9	Osteochondropathy, unspecified	Not billable