M86.8X
M86.8X: Other osteomyelitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M86.8X is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other osteomyelitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M86.8X
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M86.8X
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead M86.8X
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M86.8X0Other osteomyelitis, multiple sites
- M86.8X1Other osteomyelitis, shoulder
- M86.8X2Other osteomyelitis, upper arm
- M86.8X3Other osteomyelitis, forearm
- M86.8X4Other osteomyelitis, hand
- M86.8X5Other osteomyelitis, thigh
- M86.8X6Other osteomyelitis, lower leg
- M86.8X7Other osteomyelitis, ankle and foot
- M86.8X8Other osteomyelitis, other site
- M86.8X9Other osteomyelitis, unspecified sites