M87.26
M87.26 — Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, tibia and fibula
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M87.26 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, tibia and fibula. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M87.26 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 M87.26
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- M87.261Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, right tibia
- M87.262Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, left tibia
- M87.263Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, unspecified tibia
- M87.264Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, right fibula
- M87.265Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, left fibula
- M87.266Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, unspecified fibula
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M87.2. If M87.26 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
- M87.24Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, hand and fingers
- M87.25Osteonecrosis due to previous trauma, pelvis and femur
- 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 M87.26
- Is M87.26 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M87.26 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M87.26 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).