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ICD-10-CM Codes
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M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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M86-M90
Other osteopathies
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M86-
Osteomyelitis
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M86.179
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M86.179
Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified ankle and foot
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- M86.179 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM M86.179 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M86.179 - other international versions of ICD-10 M86.179 may differ.
The following code(s) above
M86.179 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
M86.179:
- M00-M99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissueNote- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Type 2 Excludes- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- M86-M90
2021 ICD-10-CM Range M86-M90
Other osteopathiesType 1 Excludes- postprocedural osteopathies (M96.-)
- M86
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M86
Osteomyelitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Use Additional- code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
- Acute osteomyelitis of ankle
- Acute osteomyelitis of foot
- Foot - acute osteomyelitis
ICD-10-CM M86.179 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 539 Osteomyelitis with mcc
- 540 Osteomyelitis with cc
- 541 Osteomyelitis without cc/mcc
Convert M86.179 to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M86.179
M86.151 Other acute osteomyelitis, right femur
M86.152 Other acute osteomyelitis, left femur
M86.159 Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified femur
M86.16 Other acute osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula
M86.161 Other acute osteomyelitis, right tibia and fibula
M86.162 Other acute osteomyelitis, left tibia and fibula
M86.169 Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified tibia and fibula
M86.17 Other acute osteomyelitis, ankle and foot
M86.171 Other acute osteomyelitis, right ankle and foot
M86.172 Other acute osteomyelitis, left ankle and foot
M86.179
Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified ankle and foot
M86.2 Subacute osteomyelitis
M86.21 Subacute osteomyelitis, shoulder
M86.211 Subacute osteomyelitis, right shoulder
M86.212 Subacute osteomyelitis, left shoulder
M86.219 Subacute osteomyelitis, unspecified shoulder
M86.22 Subacute osteomyelitis, humerus
M86.221 Subacute osteomyelitis, right humerus
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
