M92.5
M92.5 — Juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia and fibula
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M92.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia and fibula. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with M92.5
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M92.5. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M92.5 alone.
- M21.1Varus deformity, not elsewhere classified
Risk adjustment
M92.5 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 M92.5
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M92. If M92.5 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M92.0Juvenile osteochondrosis of humerus
- M92.1Juvenile osteochondrosis of radius and ulna
- M92.2Juvenile osteochondrosis, hand
- M92.3Other juvenile osteochondrosis, upper limb
- M92.4Juvenile osteochondrosis of patella
- M92.6Juvenile osteochondrosis of tarsus
- M92.7Juvenile osteochondrosis of metatarsus
- M92.8Other specified juvenile osteochondrosis
- M92.9Juvenile osteochondrosis, unspecified
Questions about M92.5
- Is M92.5 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M92.5 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M92.5 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Chondropathies (M91-M94).