M81.8
Other osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
HCC risk adjustment mapping
RxHCC V08
Osteoporosis, Vertebral and Pathological Fractures
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Drug-induced osteoporosis without current pathological fracture Idiopathic osteoporosis without current pathological fracture Osteoporosis of disuse without current pathological fracture Postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture Postsurgical malabsorption osteoporosis without current pathological fracture Post-traumatic osteoporosis without current pathological fracture
arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition (M00-M25) Arthropathies (M00-M25) Includes: Disorders affecting predominantly peripheral (limb) joints (M40-M54) Dorsopathies (M40-M54) (M60-M79) Soft tissue disorders (M60-M79) (M80-M94) Osteopathies and chondropathies (M80-M94)
Official Guidelines for M81.8
FY 2026 ›Sections that reference M81.8
- I.C.13.a.1)Bone versus joint
… conditions, the bone may be affected at the upper or lower end, (e.g., avascular necrosis of bone, M87, Osteoporosis, M80, M81). …
- I.C.13.dOsteoporosis
… Therefore, site is not a component of the codes under category M81, Osteoporosis without current pathological fracture. …
- I.C.13.d.1)Osteoporosis without pathological fracture
Category M81, Osteoporosis without current pathological fracture, is for use for patients with osteoporosis who do not currently have a …
Sections whose FY 2026 text names M81.8, its M81 category, or a range containing it — the chapter guidance above is the authoritative source.
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