Osteopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, unspecified forearm
Billable / specific
M90.839 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from M90)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- postprocedural osteopathies (M96.-) (from M90)
- osteochondritis, osteomyelitis, and osteopathy (in): (from M90)
- cryptococcosis (B45.3) (from M90)
- diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .69-) (from M90)
- gonococcal (A54.43) (from M90)
- neurogenic syphilis (A52.11) (from M90)
- renal osteodystrophy (N25.0) (from M90)
- salmonellosis (A02.24) (from M90)
- secondary syphilis (A51.46) (from M90)
- syphilis (late) (A52.77) (from M90)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M90)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M90)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M90)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M90)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M90)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M90)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M90)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M90)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M90)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M90)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
Parent code
- M90.83Osteopathy in diseases classified elsewhere, forearmHeader