M89.168 — Other physeal arrest of lower leg

Billable

Is M89.168 billable?

Yes — M89.168 is billable for FY2027. M89.168 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. M89.168 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

M89.168 at a glance

Code	M89.168
Description	Other physeal arrest of lower leg
Billable	Yes
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does M89.168 group to?

M89.168 sits in MDC 08 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

564Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses with MCCmedical
565Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses with CCmedical
566Other Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue Diagnoses without CC/MCCmedical

How is M89.168 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M89.168. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

Arrest, arrested › epiphyseal › lower leg › specified NEC

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M86-M90

The conditions below can never be reported together with M89.168 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.-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13

The conditions below are not part of M89.168, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M89.168 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 M89.168 existed?

M89.168 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.