M89.168
Other physeal arrest of lower leg
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
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M89.16
M89.160 Complete physeal arrest, right proximal tibia M89.161 Complete physeal arrest, left proximal tibia M89.162 Partial physeal arrest, right proximal tibia M89.163 Partial physeal arrest, left proximal tibia M89.164 Complete physeal arrest, right distal tibia M89.165 Complete physeal arrest, left distal tibia M89.166 Partial physeal arrest, right distal tibia M89.167 Partial physeal arrest, left distal tibia M89.169 Physeal arrest, lower leg, unspecified
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