ICD-10-CM Code M86.53
Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulna
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code M86.53 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of M86.53 that describes the diagnosis 'other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulna' in more detail.
The ICD code M86 is used to code Osteomyelitis
Osteomyelitis[a] (or OM) is infection and inflammation of the bone or bone marrow. It can be usefully subclassified on the basis of the causative organism (pyogenic bacteria or mycobacteria) and the route, duration and anatomic location of the infection.
| Specialty: | Infectious Disease, Orthopedics |
| MeSH Code: | D010019 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 730 |
Osteomyelitis of the tibia of a young child. Numerous abscesses in the bone show as radiolucency.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M86.53 - Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulna'
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Parent Code: M86.5 - Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis