M86.35
Header — not billableChronic multifocal osteomyelitis, femur
The ICD-10 code for chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, femur is M86.35.
M86.35 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
- M86.30Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, unspecified site
- M86.31Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, shouldernon-billable header
- M86.32Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, humerusnon-billable header
- M86.33Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, radius and ulnanon-billable header
- M86.34Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, handnon-billable header
- M86.36Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, tibia and fibulanon-billable header
- M86.37Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, ankle and footnon-billable header
- M86.38Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, other site
- M86.39Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, multiple sites
- M86.35Chronic multifocal osteomyelitis, femurnon-billable header