M91
M91 — Juvenile osteochondrosis of hip and pelvis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M91 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for juvenile osteochondrosis of hip and pelvis. 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.
- slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic) (M93.0-)
Other codes that can never be billed with M91
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M91. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M91 alone.
- M87Osteonecrosis
Risk adjustment
M91 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 M91
7 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about M91
- Is M91 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M91 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M91 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Chondropathies (M91-M94).
- What cannot be coded together with M91?
- M91 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.