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X50.9

Other and unspecified overexertion or strenuous movements or postures

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, FY2017 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • X50.9XXA Other and unspecified overexertion or strenuous movements or postures, initial encounter
  • X50.9XXD Other and unspecified overexertion or strenuous movements or postures, subsequent encounter
  • X50.9XXS Other and unspecified overexertion or strenuous movements or postures, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Other and unspecified overexertion or strenuous movements or postures

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 X50 Overexertion and strenuous or repetitive movements

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category X50

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
X50.0 Overexertion from strenuous movement or load Not billable
X50.1 Overexertion from prolonged static or awkward postures Not billable
X50.3 Overexertion from repetitive movements Not billable