Icd 10 code for diabetic foot ulcer with osteomyelitis

E11.621 - Type 2 diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer is a topic covered in the ICD-10-CM.

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E11.621 - Type 2 diabetes mellitus with foot ulcer
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ICD-10 code M86.171 for Other acute osteomyelitis, right ankle and foot is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Osteopathies and chondropathies .

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Other acute osteomyelitis, right ankle and foot

M86

Excludes1: osteomyelitis due to:
echinococcus (B67.2)
gonococcus (A54.43)
salmonella (A02.24)

Excludes2: ostemyelitis of:
orbit (H05.0-)
petrous bone (H70.2-)
vertebra (M46.2-)

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

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What is the ICD

Other osteomyelitis, ankle and foot M86. 8X7 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM M86. 8X7 became effective on October 1, 2022.

What is the ICD

For ICD-10 purposes, if there is an ulcer on the foot of a patient with diabetes, consider it a diabetic foot ulcer and code it using an L97- code.

What is the ICD

ICD-10 code M86. 9 for Osteomyelitis, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Osteopathies and chondropathies .

What is osteomyelitis in diabetic patients?

Diabetic foot osteomyelitis (DFO) is mostly the consequence of a soft tissue infection that spreads into the bone, involving the cortex first and then the marrow. The possible bone involvement should be suspected in all DFUs patients with infection clinical findings, in chronic wounds and in case of ulcer recurrence.

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