M86.07
M86.07 — Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, ankle and foot
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M86.07 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, ankle and foot. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M86.07 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 M86.07
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M86.0. If M86.07 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M86.00Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified site
- M86.01Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, shoulder
- M86.02Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, humerus
- M86.03Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulna
- M86.04Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, hand
- M86.05Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, femur
- M86.06Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula
- M86.08Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, other sites
- M86.09Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, multiple sites
Questions about M86.07
- Is M86.07 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M86.07 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M86.07 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).