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M86.43

Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, radius and ulna

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 18 never code together
M86code
Excludes1
  • osteomyelitis due to:
  • echinococcus (B67.2)B67.2
  • gonococcus (A54.43)A54.43
  • salmonella (A02.24)A02.24
Excludes2
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 3
M86code
Use additional code
  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agentB95-B97
  • code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)M89.7-
M00-M99chapter
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here 1
  • Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis) M86.9
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M86.4
M86.40 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, unspecified site M86.41 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, shoulder category M86.42 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, humerus category M86.44 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, hand category M86.45 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, femur category M86.46 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, tibia and fibula category M86.47 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, ankle and foot category M86.48 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, other site M86.49 Chronic osteomyelitis with draining sinus, multiple sites
Subordinate codes 3
M86.431 Chronic osteomyelit w draining sinus, right radius and ulna M86.432 Chronic osteomyelitis w draining sinus, left radius and ulna M86.439 Chronic osteomyelitis w draining sinus, unsp radius and ulna
Medications 1
1 Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic drugs

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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
M86.4
Block
M80-M94
Siblings
9
Subordinate
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.