M87.0
M87.0 — Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M87.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M87.0 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 M87.0
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M87.00Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified bone
- M87.01Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of shoulder
- M87.02Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of humerus
- M87.03Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of radius, ulna and carpus
- M87.04Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of hand and fingers
- M87.05Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of pelvis and femur
- M87.06Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of tibia and fibula
- M87.07Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of ankle, foot and toes
- M87.08Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone, other site
- M87.09Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of bone, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M87. If M87.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M87.0
- Is M87.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M87.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M87.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).