M89.44
M89.44 — Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, hand
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M89.44 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, hand. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M89.44 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 M89.44
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M89.4. If M89.44 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M89.40Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, unspecified site
- M89.41Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, shoulder
- M89.42Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, upper arm
- M89.43Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, forearm
- M89.45Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, thigh
- M89.46Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, lower leg
- M89.47Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, ankle and foot
- M89.48Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, other site
- M89.49Other hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, multiple sites
Questions about M89.44
- Is M89.44 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M89.44 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M89.44 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).