M87.33
M87.33 — Other secondary osteonecrosis of radius, ulna and carpus
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M87.33 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other secondary osteonecrosis of radius, ulna and carpus. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M87.33 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 M87.33
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M87.331Other secondary osteonecrosis of right radius
- M87.332Other secondary osteonecrosis of left radius
- M87.333Other secondary osteonecrosis of unspecified radius
- M87.334Other secondary osteonecrosis of right ulna
- M87.335Other secondary osteonecrosis of left ulna
- M87.336Other secondary osteonecrosis of unspecified ulna
- M87.337Other secondary osteonecrosis of right carpus
- M87.338Other secondary osteonecrosis of left carpus
- M87.339Other secondary osteonecrosis of unspecified carpus
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M87.3. If M87.33 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M87.30Other secondary osteonecrosis, unspecified bone
- M87.31Other secondary osteonecrosis, shoulder
- M87.32Other secondary osteonecrosis, humerus
- M87.34Other secondary osteonecrosis, hand and fingers
- M87.35Other secondary osteonecrosis, pelvis and femur
- M87.36Other secondary osteonecrosis, tibia and fibula
- M87.37Other secondary osteonecrosis, ankle and foot
- M87.38Other secondary osteonecrosis, other site
- M87.39Other secondary osteonecrosis, multiple sites
Questions about M87.33
- Is M87.33 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M87.33 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M87.33 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).