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ICD-10-CM Code for Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula M86.06

ICD-10 code M86.06 for Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Osteopathies and chondropathies .

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Official Long Descriptor

Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula

M86

Excludes1: osteomyelitis due to:
echinococcus (B67.2)
gonococcus (A54.43)
salmonella (A02.24)

Excludes2: ostemyelitis of:
orbit (H05.0-)
petrous bone (H70.2-)
vertebra (M46.2-)

Use additional code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)

 
M86.06 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, tibia and fibula
Child Code
Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, right tibia and fibula
Child Code
Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, left tibia and fibula
Child Code
Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified tibia and fibula

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SNF Denial
[QUOTE="jenren69@comcast.net, post: 507162, member: 405270"] I am receiving a denial from Anthem Managed Care for inpatient skilled nursing with a reason code of M86-Service denied because payment alr... [ Read More ]
SNF Denial
I am receiving a denial from Anthem Managed Care for inpatient skilled nursing with a reason code of M86-Service denied because payment already made for same/similar procedure within set time frame. C... [ Read More ]
Diagnosis being denied
Medicaid is deny this for mismatched diagnosis can anyone share thoughts? Billed: M86.18 OTHER ACUTE OSTEOMYELITIS, OTHER SITE S82.62XA DISP FX OF LATERAL MALLEOLUS OF LEFT FIBULA, INIT S91.022A LAC... [ Read More ]
Billing a 99396 with a 99213 to Medicaid
[TABLE] [TR] [TD]99396,24[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Z0000[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]99213[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]R1084, I10, M79672, R718[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD... [ Read More ]
Dx Coding-Infectious Disease-Please
[b]Thank you[/b] No problem, I appreciate you taking the time to research the diagnoses codes. Yes, I did a typo. M86.8X4 B95.62 M65.041 I36.8 B19.20 F11.90 Thank you, have a great weekend!... [ Read More ]
Dx Coding-Infectious Disease-Please
apologies if I sounded harsh but you need to understand how you arrived at your answers and then how I got mine. taking them as you listed them: M86.8xa -- this code does not exist, - was this a typo... [ Read More ]
Dx Coding-Infectious Disease-Please
[b]Codes[/b] Hi mitchellde, I am fairly new to this blog, I did look the codes up and have the answers for comparison. I forgot to list them, so please keep the blog positive. I am not looking for so... [ Read More ]
B95-97 Code needed with M86.x (Osteomyelitis)
We're having a discussion in our office right now. Some of the coders say that you have to include the B95-97 codes for the infectious agent when coding Osteomyelitis because that's what the book seem... [ Read More ]
denial of CPT 62322
I have been coding CPT 96369 and 62322 together for a long time. Today received denial M86 from Medicare, it states " service denied because payment already made for same/similar procedure within set... [ Read More ]
ICD.10 code for draining Sinus?
This query started as a diagnosis coding question (ICD-10), then morphed into a procedural question (CPT). ICD-10 really doesn't use the term [B]"sinus,"[/B] but kicks it over to [B]Fistula[/B] inste... [ Read More ]
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