M81.8 Other osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.
Applicable to
Drug-induced osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Idiopathic osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Osteoporosis of disuse without current pathological fracture
Postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Postsurgical malabsorption osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Post-traumatic osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Use additional code
code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Applies from M81 Osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
Excludes1 (never code together)
osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.-)
Sudeck's atrophy (M89.0)
Use additional code
code to identify:
major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)
personal history of (healed) osteoporosis fracture, if applicable (Z87.310)
Risk adjustment (HCC)
RxHCC V08: HCC 87 — Osteoporosis, Vertebral and Pathological Fractures
MS-DRG index
Defines the logic of DRG(s) 553-554 in MDC 08.
Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)
733.02 Idiopathic osteoporosis (approximate)
733.03 Disuse osteoporosis (approximate)
733.09 Other osteoporosis (approximate)
Code annotations containing back-references to M81.8
Back-references to M81.8
Type 1 Excludes: K91.2 Postsurgical malabsorption, not elsewhere classified ("malabsorption osteoporosis, postsurgical (M80.8-, M81.8)")
Type 2 Excludes: N99 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified ("postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)")
Back-references to M81
Code First: M89.7 Major osseous defect ("osteoporosis (M80.-, M81.-)")
Type 1 Excludes: R29.890 Loss of height ("osteoporosis (M80-M81)")
Diagnosis Index entries for M81.8
Osteoporosis (female) (male) › disuse
Osteoporosis (female) (male) › specified type NEC
Nearby codes
M81 Osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
M81.0 Age-related osteoporosis without current pathological fracture