kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

M86.8X6

Other osteomyelitis, lower leg

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Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M86-M90 Other osteopathies (M86-M90)
      • M86 Osteomyelitis
        • M86.8 Other osteomyelitis
          • M86.8X Other osteomyelitis
            • M86.8X0 Other osteomyelitis, multiple sites
            • M86.8X1 Other osteomyelitis, shoulder
            • M86.8X2 Other osteomyelitis, upper arm
            • M86.8X3 Other osteomyelitis, forearm
            • M86.8X4 Other osteomyelitis, hand
            • M86.8X5 Other osteomyelitis, thigh
            • M86.8X6 Other osteomyelitis, lower leg
            • M86.8X7 Other osteomyelitis, ankle and foot
            • M86.8X8 Other osteomyelitis, other site
            • M86.8X9 Other osteomyelitis, unspecified sites

Notes

M00-M99

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

Inclusion Terms

M86.8

  • Brodie's abscess

Use Additional

M86

  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
    • B95-B97 Bacterial and viral infectious agents (B95-B97)
  • code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)
    • M89.7 Major osseous defect

Excludes 1

M86

  • osteomyelitis due to:
  • echinococcus (B67.2)
    • B67.2 Echinococcus granulosus infection of bone
  • gonococcus (A54.43)
    • A54.43 Gonococcal osteomyelitis
  • salmonella (A02.24)
    • A02.24 Salmonella osteomyelitis

M86-M90

  • postprocedural osteopathies (M96.-)
    • M96 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of musculoskeletal system, not elsewhere classified

Excludes 2

M86

  • ostemyelitis of:
  • orbit (H05.0-)
    • H05.0 Acute inflammation of orbit
  • petrous bone (H70.2-)
  • vertebra (M46.2-)
    • M46.2 Osteomyelitis of vertebra

M00-M99

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