M87.81
M87.81 — Other osteonecrosis, shoulder
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M87.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other osteonecrosis, shoulder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M87.81 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 M87.81
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M87.8. If M87.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M87.80Other osteonecrosis, unspecified bone
- M87.82Other osteonecrosis, humerus
- M87.83Other osteonecrosis of radius, ulna and carpus
- M87.84Other osteonecrosis, hand and fingers
- M87.85Other osteonecrosis, pelvis and femur
- M87.86Other osteonecrosis, tibia and fibula
- M87.87Other osteonecrosis, ankle, foot and toes
- M87.88Other osteonecrosis, other site
- M87.89Other osteonecrosis, multiple sites
Questions about M87.81
- Is M87.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M87.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M87.81 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).