M89.74
M89.74 — Major osseous defect, hand
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M89.74 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for major osseous defect, hand. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Major osseous defect of carpus, fingers, metacarpus
Risk adjustment
M89.74 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 M89.74
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M89.7. If M89.74 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M89.70Major osseous defect, unspecified site
- M89.71Major osseous defect, shoulder region
- M89.72Major osseous defect, humerus
- M89.73Major osseous defect, forearm
- M89.75Major osseous defect, pelvic region and thigh
- M89.76Major osseous defect, lower leg
- M89.77Major osseous defect, ankle and foot
- M89.78Major osseous defect, other site
- M89.79Major osseous defect, multiple sites
Questions about M89.74
- Is M89.74 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M89.74 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M89.74 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other osteopathies (M86-M90).