M87.15 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, pelvis and femur

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applies from M87 Osteonecrosis

Includes

• avascular necrosis of bone

Excludes1 (never code together)

• juvenile osteonecrosis (M91-M92)
• osteochondropathies (M90-M93)

Use additional code

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

Applies from M87.1 Osteonecrosis due to drugs

Use additional code

• code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Codes under M87.15

• M87.150 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, pelvis
• M87.151 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, right femur
• M87.152 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, left femur
• M87.159 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, unspecified femur

Code annotations containing back-references to M87.15

Back-references to M87

• Code First: M89.7 Major osseous defect ("aseptic necrosis of bone (M87.-)")
• Code First: M89.7 Major osseous defect ("osteonecrosis (M87.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M87.15

• Osteonecrosis › secondary NEC › due to › drugs › femur

Nearby codes

• M87.142 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, left hand
• M87.143 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, unspecified hand
• M87.144 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, right finger(s)
• M87.145 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, left finger(s)
• M87.146 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, unspecified finger(s)
• M87.15 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, pelvis and femur (this code)
• M87.150 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, pelvis
• M87.151 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, right femur
• M87.152 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, left femur
• M87.159 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, unspecified femur
• M87.16 Osteonecrosis due to drugs, tibia and fibula