M93.8
Header — not billableOther specified osteochondropathies
The ICD-10 code for other specified osteochondropathies is M93.8.
M93.8 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 M93.8
- M93.80Other specified osteochondropathies of unspecified site
- M93.81Other specified osteochondropathies of shouldernon-billable header
- M93.82Other specified osteochondropathies of upper armnon-billable header
- M93.83Other specified osteochondropathies of forearmnon-billable header
- M93.84Other specified osteochondropathies of handnon-billable header
- M93.85Other specified osteochondropathies of thighnon-billable header
- M93.86Other specified osteochondropathies lower legnon-billable header
- M93.87Other specified osteochondropathies of ankle and footnon-billable header
- M93.88Other specified osteochondropathies other
- M93.89Other specified osteochondropathies multiple sites
Related codes in this category
- M93.0Slipped upper femoral epiphysis (nontraumatic)non-billable header
- M93.1Kienböck's disease of adults
- M93.2Osteochondritis dissecansnon-billable header
- M93.9Osteochondropathy, unspecifiednon-billable header
- M93.8Other specified osteochondropathiesnon-billable header