M92.1
M92.1 — Juvenile osteochondrosis of radius and ulna
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M92.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for juvenile osteochondrosis of radius and ulna. 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.
- Osteochondrosis (juvenile) of lower ulna [Burns]
- Osteochondrosis (juvenile) of radial head [Brailsford]
Risk adjustment
M92.1 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 M92.1
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M92. If M92.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M92.0Juvenile osteochondrosis of humerus
- M92.2Juvenile osteochondrosis, hand
- M92.3Other juvenile osteochondrosis, upper limb
- M92.4Juvenile osteochondrosis of patella
- M92.5Juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia and fibula
- M92.6Juvenile osteochondrosis of tarsus
- M92.7Juvenile osteochondrosis of metatarsus
- M92.8Other specified juvenile osteochondrosis
- M92.9Juvenile osteochondrosis, unspecified
Questions about M92.1
- Is M92.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M92.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M92.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Chondropathies (M91-M94).