AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2020 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Juvenile Osteochondrosis of Tibia and Fibula

Subcategory M92.5, Juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia and fibula, has been expanded to distinguish juvenile osteochondrosis of different parts of the tibia and fibula as follows: Unspecified juvenile osteochondrosis (M92.50-) Juvenile osteochondrosis of proximal tibia (M92.51-) Juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia tubercle (M92.52-) Other juvenile osteochondrosis of tibia and fibula (M92.59-) Sixth characters at each of the codes identify laterality (i.e., unspecified leg, right leg, left leg and bilateral).The code expansion will help to distinguish Blount disease and Osgood-Schlatter disease. These are two very distinct conditions both in character, prognosis and treatment. Blount...

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