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ICD-10-CM Code for Skeletal fluorosis, lower leg M85.16

ICD-10 code M85.16 for Skeletal fluorosis, lower leg is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Osteopathies and chondropathies .

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Skeletal fluorosis, lower leg

M85

Excludes1: osteogenesis imperfecta (Q78.0)
osteopetrosis (Q78.2)
osteopoikilosis (Q78.8)
polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (Q78.1)

 
M85.16 Skeletal fluorosis, lower leg
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Skeletal fluorosis, right lower leg
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Skeletal fluorosis, left lower leg
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Skeletal fluorosis, unspecified lower leg

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The best code one can come up with for osteopenia of the spine or the femoral neck would be M85.88 for other site. Now if you are dealing with different sites, you also have M85.89 for "multiple sites... [ Read More ]
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