M93.8
Other specified osteochondropathies
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
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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 1
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Notes
- 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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Alongside this code 4 same parent — M93
Subordinate codes 10
M93.80 Other specified osteochondropathies of unspecified site M93.81 Other specified osteochondropathies of shoulder M93.82 Other specified osteochondropathies of upper arm M93.83 Other specified osteochondropathies of forearm M93.84 Other specified osteochondropathies of hand M93.85 Other specified osteochondropathies of thigh M93.86 Other specified osteochondropathies lower leg M93.87 Other specified osteochondropathies of ankle and foot M93.88 Other specified osteochondropathies other M93.89 Other specified osteochondropathies multiple sites
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