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M87.039 - Idiopathic aseptic necrosis of unspecified carpus

ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M86-M90 Other osteopathies (M86-M90) · Subcategory of M87.03 · FY2027

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

IncludesFrom M87

Conditions this code covers.

  • avascular necrosis of bone
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M87

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • juvenile osteonecrosis (M91-M92)
  • osteochondropathies (M90-M93)
Use Additional CodeFrom M87

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M86-M90 Other osteopathies (M86-M90)

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • postprocedural osteopathies (M96.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter M00-M99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
NotesFrom Chapter M00-M99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

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