M89.73 Major osseous defect, forearm

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Major osseous defect of radius and ulna

Applies from M89.7 Major osseous defect

Code first

• underlying disease, if known, such as:
• aseptic necrosis of bone (M87.-)
• malignant neoplasm of bone (C40.-)
• osteolysis (M89.5-)
• osteomyelitis (M86.-)
• osteonecrosis (M87.-)
• osteoporosis (M80.-, M81.-)
• periprosthetic osteolysis (T84.05-)

Codes under M89.73

• M89.731 Major osseous defect, right forearm
• M89.732 Major osseous defect, left forearm
• M89.739 Major osseous defect, unspecified forearm

Code annotations containing back-references to M89.73

Back-references to M89.7

• Use Additional: C40 Malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage of limbs ("code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)")
• Use Additional: M80 Osteoporosis with current pathological fracture ("code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)")
• Use Additional: M81 Osteoporosis without current pathological fracture ("major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)")
• Use Additional: M86 Osteomyelitis ("code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)")
• Use Additional: M87 Osteonecrosis ("code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)")
• Use Additional: M89.5 Osteolysis ("code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)")
• Use Additional: T84.05 Periprosthetic osteolysis of internal prosthetic joint ("code to identify major osseous defect, if applicable (M89.7-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M89.73

• Defect, defective › major osseous › forearm
• Defect, defective › major osseous › radius
• Defect, defective › major osseous › ulna
• Defect, defective › osseous, major › forearm
• Defect, defective › osseous, major › radius
• Defect, defective › osseous, major › ulna

Nearby codes

• M89.719 Major osseous defect, unspecified shoulder region
• M89.72 Major osseous defect, humerus
• M89.721 Major osseous defect, right humerus
• M89.722 Major osseous defect, left humerus
• M89.729 Major osseous defect, unspecified humerus
• M89.73 Major osseous defect, forearm (this code)
• M89.731 Major osseous defect, right forearm
• M89.732 Major osseous defect, left forearm
• M89.739 Major osseous defect, unspecified forearm
• M89.74 Major osseous defect, hand
• M89.741 Major osseous defect, right hand