M86.6
M86.6 — Other chronic osteomyelitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M86.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other chronic osteomyelitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M86.6 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 M86.6
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M86.60Other chronic osteomyelitis, unspecified site
- M86.61Other chronic osteomyelitis, shoulder
- M86.62Other chronic osteomyelitis, humerus
- M86.63Other chronic osteomyelitis, radius and ulna
- M86.64Other chronic osteomyelitis, hand
- M86.65Other chronic osteomyelitis, thigh
- M86.66Other chronic osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula
- M86.67Other chronic osteomyelitis, ankle and foot
- M86.68Other chronic osteomyelitis, other site
- M86.69Other chronic osteomyelitis, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M86. If M86.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M86.6
- Is M86.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M86.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M86.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).