Other specified osteochondropathies of upper arm

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:

M93.821 Other specified osteochondropathies, right upper arm
M93.822 Other specified osteochondropathies, left upper arm
M93.829 Other specified osteochondropathies, unspecified upper arm

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 of upper arm

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
Osteochondrosis > adult
Slipped, slipping > epiphysis
Epiphyseolysis, epiphysiolysis
Osteochondropathy > osteochondrosis
Separation > epiphysis, epiphyseal > nontraumatic
Osteochondropathy > slipped upper femoral epiphysis
Separation > epiphysis, epiphyseal > nontraumatic > upper femoral
Osteochondropathy > specified type NEC > elbow

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M93.80	Other specified osteochondropathies of unspecified site	Valid
M93.81	Other specified osteochondropathies of shoulder	Not billable
M93.83	Other specified osteochondropathies of forearm	Not billable
M93.84	Other specified osteochondropathies of hand	Not billable
M93.85	Other specified osteochondropathies of thigh	Not billable
M93.86	Other specified osteochondropathies lower leg	Not billable
M93.87	Other specified osteochondropathies of ankle and foot	Not billable
M93.88	Other specified osteochondropathies other	Valid
M93.89	Other specified osteochondropathies multiple sites	Valid