M92.51

Juvenile osteochondrosis of proximal tibia

Non-billable header

M92.51 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Blount disease
  • Tibia vara

Includes (from M92)

  • 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 chondropathies (M96.-) (from M92)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M92)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M92)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M92)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M92)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M92)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M92)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M92)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M92)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M92)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M92)

Also known as

  • Blount disease
  • Tibia vara
  • Blount disease or osteochondrosis
  • Disease, diseased, Blount
  • Osteochondrosis, Blount
  • Osteochondrosis, juvenile, juvenilis, tibia, proximal

Parent code

  • M92.5Juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia and fibulaHeader

More specific codes M92.51

  • M92.511Juvenile osteochondrosis of proximal tibia, right legBillable
  • M92.512Juvenile osteochondrosis of proximal tibia, left legBillable
  • M92.513Juvenile osteochondrosis of proximal tibia, bilateralBillable
  • M92.519Juvenile osteochondrosis of proximal tibia, unspecified legBillable

Related codes

  • M92.50Unspecified juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia and fibulaHeader
  • M92.52Juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia tubercleHeader
  • M92.59Other juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia and fibulaHeader

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