M86.8X3
M86.8X3: Other osteomyelitis, forearm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M86.8X3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other osteomyelitis, forearm. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M86.8X3
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M86.8X3
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
M86.8X3 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 92 Bone/Joint/Muscle/Severe Soft Tissue Infections/Necrosis0.479 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Code history
- deletedFY2024-FY2027
Other osteomyelitis, forearm
Code to one of these instead M86.8X3
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under M86.8X
- M86.8X0Other osteomyelitis, multiple sites
- M86.8X1Other osteomyelitis, shoulder
- M86.8X2Other osteomyelitis, upper arm
- 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