M90.6

M90.6: Osteitis deformans in neoplastic diseases

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M90.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for osteitis deformans in neoplastic diseases. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

osteitis deformans [Paget's disease of bone] (M88.-)

Code first

The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.

the neoplasm (C40.-, C41.-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Osteitis deformans in malignant neoplasm of bone

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M90.6

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M90: Osteopathies in diseases classified elsewhere

osteochondritis, osteomyelitis, and osteopathy (in):
cryptococcosis (B45.3)
diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .69-)
gonococcal (A54.43)
neurogenic syphilis (A52.11)
renal osteodystrophy (N25.0)
salmonellosis (A02.24)
secondary syphilis (A51.46)
syphilis (late) (A52.77)

Other codes that can never be billed with M90.6

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

M88Osteitis deformans [Paget's disease of bone]

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M90.6

10 child codes. Green means billable.