M87.16
M87.16 — Osteonecrosis due to drugs, tibia and fibula
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M87.16 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for osteonecrosis due to drugs, tibia and fibula. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M87.16 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 M87.16
6 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M87.1. If M87.16 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M87.10Osteonecrosis due to drugs, unspecified bone
- M87.11Osteonecrosis due to drugs, shoulder
- M87.12Osteonecrosis due to drugs, humerus
- M87.13Osteonecrosis due to drugs of radius, ulna and carpus
- M87.14Osteonecrosis due to drugs, hand and fingers
- M87.15Osteonecrosis due to drugs, pelvis and femur
- M87.17Osteonecrosis due to drugs, ankle, foot and toes
- M87.18Osteonecrosis due to drugs, other site
- M87.19Osteonecrosis due to drugs, multiple sites
Questions about M87.16
- Is M87.16 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M87.16 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M87.16 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).