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ICD-10-CM Code M86.6
Other chronic osteomyelitis

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code M86.6 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of M86.6 that describes the diagnosis 'other chronic osteomyelitis' 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.

Source: Wikipedia

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M86.6 - Other chronic osteomyelitis'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M86.6. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: M86 - Osteomyelitis

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