M93.0

M93.0: Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic)

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M93.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic). It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

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Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code for associated chondrolysis (M94.3)

Inclusion terms

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

Slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE)
Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (SUFE)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M93.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on M93: Other osteochondropathies

osteochondrosis of spine (M42.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with M93.0

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

M91Juvenile osteochondrosis of hip and pelvis
S72.13Apophyseal fracture of femur
S79.0Physeal fracture of upper end of femur
S79.01Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of femur

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 M93.0

8 child codes. Green means billable.