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M86.072
Billable

Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, left ankle and foot

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Billable Code

M86.072 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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foot osteomyelitis
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Osteomyelitis of the Foot

View documentation for left foot abscess
left foot abscess
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Cutaneous abscess of left foot

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left foot infection
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Infection of the left foot

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osteomyelitis foot
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Osteomyelitis of the Foot

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osteomyelitis left foot
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Osteomyelitis of the left foot

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osteomyelitis of left foot
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Osteomyelitis of the left foot

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

4 items

From M86:

  • osteomyelitis due to:
  • echinococcus (B67.2)
  • gonococcus (A54.43)
  • salmonella (A02.24)

Excludes2

14 items

From M00-M99:

  • 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)

From M86:

Use Additional Code

2 items

From M86:

  • code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
  • code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)

Notes

1 item

From M00-M99:

  • 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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