Osteochondropathy, unspecified of hand

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:

M93.941 Osteochondropathy, unspecified, right hand
M93.942 Osteochondropathy, unspecified, left hand
M93.949 Osteochondropathy, unspecified, unspecified hand

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 Osteochondropathy, unspecified of hand

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 > hand

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
M93.93	Osteochondropathy, unspecified of forearm	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