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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

M86.159

Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified femur

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where M86.159 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. M86 Osteomyelitis
  2. M86.1 Other acute osteomyelitis
  3. M86.15 Parent Other acute osteomyelitis, femur
  4. M86.159 This code Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified femur

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes1

osteomyelitis due to:

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Excludes1

echinococcus ( B67.2 )

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Excludes1

gonococcus ( A54.43 )

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Excludes1

salmonella ( A02.24 )

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Excludes2

ostemyelitis of:

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Excludes2

orbit ( H05.0- )

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Excludes2

petrous bone ( H70.2- )

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Excludes2

vertebra ( M46.2- )

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Use Additional Code

code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Use Additional Code

code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable ( M89.7- )

Inherited from M86 — Osteomyelitis

Version History

How M86.159 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified femur

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Other acute osteomyelitis, unspecified femur

Related Codes

Other codes under M86.15

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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