ICD-10-CM Code M91.1
Juvenile osteochondrosis of head of femur [Legg-Calve-Perthes]
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 M91.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of M91.1 that describes the diagnosis 'juvenile osteochondrosis of head of femur' in more detail.
The ICD code M911 is used to code Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease (LCPD) is a childhood hip disorder initiated by a disruption of blood flow to the ball of the femur called the femoral head. Due to the lack of blood flow, the bone dies (osteonecrosis or avascular necrosis) and stops growing. Over time, healing occurs by new blood vessels infiltrating the dead bone and removing the necrotic bone which leads to a loss of bone mass and a weakening of the femoral head. The bone loss leads to some degree of collapse and deformity of the femoral head and sometimes secondary changes to the shape of the hip socket. It is also referred to as idiopathic avascular osteonecrosis of the capital femoral epiphysis of the femoral head since the cause of the interruption of the blood supply of the head of the femur in the hip joint is unknown.
| Specialty: | Orthopedics |
| MeSH Code: | D007873 |
| ICD 9 Code: | 732.1 |
X ray of Legg–Calvé–Perthes disease of the left hip
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M91.1 - Juvenile osteochondrosis of head of femur [Legg-Calve-Perthes]'
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Parent Code: M91 - Juvenile osteochondrosis of hip and pelvis