M89.26
M89.26 — Other disorders of bone development and growth, tibia and fibula
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M89.26 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other disorders of bone development and growth, tibia and fibula. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M89.26 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 M89.26
5 child codes. Green means billable.
- M89.261Other disorders of bone development and growth, right tibia
- M89.262Other disorders of bone development and growth, left tibia
- M89.263Other disorders of bone development and growth, right fibula
- M89.264Other disorders of bone development and growth, left fibula
- M89.269Other disorders of bone development and growth, unspecified lower leg
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M89.2. If M89.26 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M89.20Other disorders of bone development and growth, unspecified site
- M89.21Other disorders of bone development and growth, shoulder
- M89.22Other disorders of bone development and growth, humerus
- M89.23Other disorders of bone development and growth, ulna and radius
- M89.24Other disorders of bone development and growth, hand
- M89.25Other disorders of bone development and growth, femur
- M89.27Other disorders of bone development and growth, ankle and foot
- M89.28Other disorders of bone development and growth, other site
- M89.29Other disorders of bone development and growth, multiple sites
Questions about M89.26
- Is M89.26 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M89.26 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M89.26 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).