M92.501 — Unspecified juvenile osteochondrosis, right leg
Is M92.501 billable?
Yes, but M92.501 is an unspecified code. M92.501 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, M92.501 is an unspecified or catch-all code. Payers apply additional scrutiny to unspecified codes and many deny them when the medical record supports a more specific option, so check the documentation before selecting M92.501 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.
M92.501 at a glance
| Code | M92.501 |
|---|---|
| Description | Unspecified juvenile osteochondrosis, right leg |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does M92.501 group to?
M92.501 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 M92.501 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
The Alphabetic Index lists these routes under M92.50, the nearest indexed parent of M92.501. Use them to find the family, then select the specific code.
- Osteochondrosis › juvenile, juvenilis › fibula
- Osteochondrosis › juvenile, juvenilis › tibia
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M91-M94
The conditions below can never be reported together with M92.501 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 chondropathies (M96.-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M92.501, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M92.501 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 M92.501 existed?
M92.501 first appears in FY2021 (FY2020 is not available, so it may have appeared then).
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.