M86.0
Header — not billableAcute hematogenous osteomyelitis
The ICD-10 code for acute hematogenous osteomyelitis is M86.0.
M86.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 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.
Child codes under M86.0
- M86.00Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified site
- M86.01Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, shouldernon-billable header
- M86.02Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, humerusnon-billable header
- M86.03Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulnanon-billable header
- M86.04Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, handnon-billable header
- M86.05Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, femurnon-billable header
- M86.06Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, tibia and fibulanon-billable header
- M86.07Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, ankle and footnon-billable header
- M86.08Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, other sites
- M86.09Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, multiple sites
Related codes in this category
- M86.1Other acute osteomyelitisnon-billable header
- M86.2Subacute osteomyelitisnon-billable header
- M86.3Chronic multifocal osteomyelitisnon-billable header
- M86.4Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinusnon-billable header
- M86.5Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitisnon-billable header
- M86.6Other chronic osteomyelitisnon-billable header
- M86.8Other osteomyelitisnon-billable header
- M86.9Osteomyelitis, unspecified
- M86.0Acute hematogenous osteomyelitisnon-billable header