M81.8 — Other osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Is M81.8 billable?
Yes — M81.8 is billable for FY2027. M81.8 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. M81.8 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
M81.8 at a glance
| Code | M81.8 |
|---|---|
| Description | Other osteoporosis without current pathological fracture |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does M81.8 group to?
M81.8 sits in MDC 08 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 553Bone Diseases and Arthropathies with MCCmedical
- 554Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without MCCmedical
How is M81.8 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M81.8. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Osteoporosis › disuse (female) (male)
- Osteoporosis › specified type NEC (female) (male)
Use additional code
Report an additional code alongside M81.8 to fully describe the condition. M81.8 is sequenced first.
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to M81.8.
- Drug-induced osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
- Idiopathic osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
- Osteoporosis of disuse without current pathological fracture
- Postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
- Postsurgical malabsorption osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
- Post-traumatic osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M81
The conditions below can never be reported together with M81.8 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Use additional code — inherited from M81
Report an additional code alongside M81.8 to fully describe the condition. M81.8 is sequenced first.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M81.8, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M81.8 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- 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)
How long has M81.8 existed?
M81.8 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
Which codes are confused with M81.8?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with M81.8 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.