M16.10

M16.10

Billable

Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, unspecified hip

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Wear-and-tear arthritis of one hip joint that developed without prior injury or underlying condition, but the specific hip is not documented.

Coding Tips

•This is a default code when unilateral primary hip osteoarthritis is documented but laterality (right vs left) is not specified
•Always attempt to obtain laterality information to assign the more specific M16.11 or M16.12 code

Code Hierarchy

└M16Osteoarthritis of hip └M16.1Unilateral primary osteoarthritis of hip └M16.10Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, unspecified hip

└M16.10Unilateral primary osteoarthritis, unspecified hip