Juvenile osteochondrosis of patella
Juvenile osteochondrosis of patella
M92.4 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.
Osteochondrosis affecting the patella in a skeletally immature patient, coded when the treating clinician has not specified or documented which knee is involved.
M92.41 identifies juvenile osteochondrosis affecting the patella of the right knee — a developmental chondropathy of the kneecap's ossification center occurring in skeletally immature patients.
M92.42 identifies juvenile osteochondrosis of the patella specifically at the left knee — covering both the primary patellar center (Köhler) and secondary patellar center (Sinding-Larsen) variants in a skeletally immature patient.
Inclusion & exclusion notes
Includes
- Osteochondrosis (juvenile) of primary patellar center [Köhler]
- Osteochondrosis (juvenile) of secondary patellar centre [Sinding Larsen]