M87.83
M87.83 — Other osteonecrosis of radius, ulna and carpus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M87.83 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other osteonecrosis of radius, ulna and carpus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M87.83 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M87.83
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M87.831Other osteonecrosis of right radius
- M87.832Other osteonecrosis of left radius
- M87.833Other osteonecrosis of unspecified radius
- M87.834Other osteonecrosis of right ulna
- M87.835Other osteonecrosis of left ulna
- M87.836Other osteonecrosis of unspecified ulna
- M87.837Other osteonecrosis of right carpus
- M87.838Other osteonecrosis of left carpus
- M87.839Other osteonecrosis of unspecified carpus
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M87.8. If M87.83 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M87.80Other osteonecrosis, unspecified bone
- M87.81Other osteonecrosis, shoulder
- M87.82Other osteonecrosis, humerus
- M87.84Other osteonecrosis, hand and fingers
- M87.85Other osteonecrosis, pelvis and femur
- M87.86Other osteonecrosis, tibia and fibula
- M87.87Other osteonecrosis, ankle, foot and toes
- M87.88Other osteonecrosis, other site
- M87.89Other osteonecrosis, multiple sites
Questions about M87.83
- Is M87.83 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M87.83 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M87.83 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).