M89.16
M89.16 — Physeal arrest, lower leg
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M89.16 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for physeal arrest, lower leg. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M89.16 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 M89.16
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M89.160Complete physeal arrest, right proximal tibia
- M89.161Complete physeal arrest, left proximal tibia
- M89.162Partial physeal arrest, right proximal tibia
- M89.163Partial physeal arrest, left proximal tibia
- M89.164Complete physeal arrest, right distal tibia
- M89.165Complete physeal arrest, left distal tibia
- M89.166Partial physeal arrest, right distal tibia
- M89.167Partial physeal arrest, left distal tibia
- M89.168Other physeal arrest of lower leg
- M89.169Physeal arrest, lower leg, unspecified
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M89.1. If M89.16 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M89.16
- Is M89.16 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M89.16 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M89.16 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).