M86.03 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulna

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applies from M86 Osteomyelitis

Excludes1 (never code together)

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

Excludes2 (not included here)

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

Use additional code

• code (B95-B97) to identify infectious agent
• code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)

Codes under M86.03

• M86.031 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, right radius and ulna
• M86.032 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, left radius and ulna
• M86.039 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified radius and ulna

Code annotations containing back-references to M86.03

Back-references to M86

• Code First: M89.7 Major osseous defect ("osteomyelitis (M86.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M86.03

• Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis) › acute › hematogenous › radius
• Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis) › acute › hematogenous › ulna

Nearby codes

• M86.019 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified shoulder
• M86.02 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, humerus
• M86.021 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, right humerus
• M86.022 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, left humerus
• M86.029 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified humerus
• M86.03 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, radius and ulna (this code)
• M86.031 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, right radius and ulna
• M86.032 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, left radius and ulna
• M86.039 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, unspecified radius and ulna
• M86.04 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, hand
• M86.041 Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, right hand