M12.16
Header — not billableKaschin-Beck disease, knee
The ICD-10 code for kaschin-beck disease, knee is M12.16.
M12.16 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- M12.10Kaschin-Beck disease, unspecified site
- M12.11Kaschin-Beck disease, shouldernon-billable header
- M12.12Kaschin-Beck disease, elbownon-billable header
- M12.13Kaschin-Beck disease, wristnon-billable header
- M12.14Kaschin-Beck disease, handnon-billable header
- M12.15Kaschin-Beck disease, hipnon-billable header
- M12.17Kaschin-Beck disease, ankle and footnon-billable header
- M12.18Kaschin-Beck disease, vertebrae
- M12.19Kaschin-Beck disease, multiple sites
- M12.16Kaschin-Beck disease, kneenon-billable header