M86.5
M86.5 — Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M86.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M86.5 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 M86.5
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M86.50Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified site
- M86.51Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, shoulder
- M86.52Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, humerus
- M86.53Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulna
- M86.54Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, hand
- M86.55Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, femur
- M86.56Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula
- M86.57Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, ankle and foot
- M86.58Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, other site
- M86.59Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M86. If M86.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M86.5
- Is M86.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M86.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M86.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).