M87.35 — Other secondary osteonecrosis, pelvis and femur
Is M87.35 billable?
No — M87.35 is a non-billable header code. M87.35 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 4 billable codes beneath M87.35.
M87.35 at a glance
| Code | M87.35 |
|---|---|
| Description | Other secondary osteonecrosis, pelvis and femur |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is M87.35 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M87.35. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › femur
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M86-M90
The conditions below can never be reported together with M87.35 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
- postprocedural osteopathies (M96.-)
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M87
The conditions below can never be reported together with M87.35 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 M87
Report an additional code alongside M87.35 to fully describe the condition. M87.35 is sequenced first.
- code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M87.35, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M87.35 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)
What codes fall under M87.35? (4)
How long has M87.35 existed?
M87.35 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 conditions are coded to M87.35?
What other codes are in the M87.3 family? (9)
- M87.30Other secondary osteonecrosis, unspecified bone
- M87.31Other secondary osteonecrosis, shouldernot billable
- M87.32Other secondary osteonecrosis, humerusnot billable
- M87.33Other secondary osteonecrosis of radius, ulna and carpusnot billable
- M87.34Other secondary osteonecrosis, hand and fingersnot billable
- M87.36Other secondary osteonecrosis, tibia and fibulanot billable
- M87.37Other secondary osteonecrosis, ankle and footnot billable
- M87.38Other secondary osteonecrosis, other site
- M87.39Other secondary osteonecrosis, multiple sites