M96 — Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified
ICD-10-CM codes M96 cover intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified, within diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue. The block holds 48 codes across 1 category, of which 36 are billable and 12 are header codes that cannot be submitted on a claim.
What else to watch in M96
- 8 codes are laterality-specific. They come in left and right pairs, and the pair is mutually exclusive on a single site: coding both without a bilateral code is a contradiction a scrubber should catch before the payer does.
- 36 codes are named in Medicare coverage policies. An LCD or NCD lists them as supporting medical necessity, or explicitly as not supporting it. Which applies depends on the MAC for your state.