M87.24
M87.24 — Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, hand and fingers
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M87.24 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, hand and fingers. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M87.24 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 M87.24
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- M87.241Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, right hand
- M87.242Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, left hand
- M87.243Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, unspecified hand
- M87.244Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, right finger(s)
- M87.245Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, left finger(s)
- M87.246Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, unspecified finger(s)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M87.2. If M87.24 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M87.20Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, unspecified bone
- M87.21Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, shoulder
- M87.22Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, humerus
- M87.23Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma of radius, ulna and carpus
- M87.25Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, pelvis and femur
- M87.26Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, tibia and fibula
- M87.27Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, ankle, foot and toes
- M87.28Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, other site
- M87.29Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, multiple sites
Questions about M87.24
- Is M87.24 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M87.24 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M87.24 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).