M87.378 — Other secondary osteonecrosis, left toe(s)

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Is M87.378 billable?

Yes — M87.378 is billable for FY2027. M87.378 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. M87.378 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

M87.378 at a glance

Code	M87.378
Description	Other secondary osteonecrosis, left toe(s)
Billable	Yes
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does M87.378 group to?

M87.378 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

As a secondary diagnosis, M87.378 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.

How is M87.378 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

The Alphabetic Index lists these routes under M87.37, the nearest indexed parent of M87.378. Use them to find the family, then select the specific code.

Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › metatarsus

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M86-M90

The conditions below can never be reported together with M87.378 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 M87.378 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

juvenile osteonecrosis (M91-M92)
osteochondropathies (M90-M93)

Use additional code — inherited from M87

Report an additional code alongside M87.378 to fully describe the condition. M87.378 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 M87.378, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M87.378 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 M87.378 existed?

M87.378 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.