Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis
Other chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis
M86.5 is a header (parent) code in the ICD-10-CM hierarchy. It is not billable for claim submission. Use one of the billable child codes listed below.
Billable codes in this category
Each of the codes below is billable. Choose the one that most accurately describes the patient's diagnosis.
Chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis — bloodborne in origin and persistent in nature — documented without identification of the specific bone or anatomical site affected.
Chronic hematogenous osteomyelitis arising at a skeletal site not captured by the more specific M86.5x site codes — meaning it affects a bone other than shoulder, humerus, radius/ulna, hand, femur, tibia/fibula, or ankle/foot.
Chronic bone infection seeded via the bloodstream (hematogenous route) that involves two or more distinct skeletal sites simultaneously, persisting beyond the acute phase and classified as 'other' hematogenous type under the M86.5 subcategory.