M87.03
M87.03 — Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of radius, ulna and carpus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M87.03 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for idiopathic aseptic necrosis of radius, ulna and carpus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M87.03 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 M87.03
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M87.031Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right radius
- M87.032Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left radius
- M87.033Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified radius
- M87.034Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right ulna
- M87.035Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left ulna
- M87.036Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified ulna
- M87.037Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of right carpus
- M87.038Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of left carpus
- M87.039Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified carpus
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M87.0. If M87.03 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M87.00Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified bone
- M87.01Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of shoulder
- M87.02Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of humerus
- 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
Questions about M87.03
- Is M87.03 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M87.03 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M87.03 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).