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M16

M16Osteoarthritis of hip

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M16 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for osteoarthritis of hip. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Other codes that can never be billed with M16

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M16. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M16 alone.

  • M12.5Traumatic arthropathy
  • M15Polyosteoarthritis

Risk adjustment

M16 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 M16

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Questions about M16

Is M16 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
No. M16 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does M16 sit in the tabular list?
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Osteoarthritis (M15-M19).
ICD-10-CMFY2026-Apr· effective April 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release — see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.