ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M91-M94 › M93.9 Osteochondropathy, unspecified › M93.93

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:

• M93.931 Osteochondropathy, unspecified, right forearm
• M93.932 Osteochondropathy, unspecified, left forearm
• M93.939 Osteochondropathy, unspecified, unspecified forearm

What has happened to this code

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 > osteochondrosis
• Osteochondropathy > wrist

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M93.90	Osteochondropathy, unspecified of unspecified site	Valid
M93.91	Osteochondropathy, unspecified of shoulder	Not billable
M93.92	Osteochondropathy, unspecified of upper arm	Not billable
M93.94	Osteochondropathy, unspecified of hand	Not billable
M93.95	Osteochondropathy, unspecified of thigh	Not billable
M93.96	Osteochondropathy, unspecified lower leg	Not billable
M93.97	Osteochondropathy, unspecified of ankle and foot	Not billable
M93.98	Osteochondropathy, unspecified other	Valid
M93.99	Osteochondropathy, unspecified multiple sites	Valid