M89.157
Partial physeal arrest, right distal femur
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
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
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 4
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M89.15
M89.151 Complete physeal arrest, right proximal femur M89.152 Complete physeal arrest, left proximal femur M89.153 Partial physeal arrest, right proximal femur M89.154 Partial physeal arrest, left proximal femur M89.155 Complete physeal arrest, right distal femur M89.156 Complete physeal arrest, left distal femur M89.158 Partial physeal arrest, left distal femur M89.159 Physeal arrest, femur, unspecified
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