M85.5
Aneurysmal bone cyst
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
M85.5 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for aneurysmal bone cyst. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M85.50 Aneurysmal bone cyst, unspecified site; M85.51 Aneurysmal bone cyst, shoulder; M85.52 Aneurysmal bone cyst, upper arm; M85.53 Aneurysmal bone cyst, forearm and 6 more. Its coding notes include 4 Excludes1 entries and 11 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
This code
- aneurysmal cyst of jaw (M27.4)
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- 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)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
More specific codes under M85.5 10
- M85.50Aneurysmal bone cyst, unspecified siteBillable
- M85.51Aneurysmal bone cyst, shoulderHeader
- M85.52Aneurysmal bone cyst, upper armHeader
- M85.53Aneurysmal bone cyst, forearmHeader
- M85.54Aneurysmal bone cyst, handHeader
- M85.55Aneurysmal bone cyst, thighHeader
- M85.56Aneurysmal bone cyst, lower legHeader
- M85.57Aneurysmal bone cyst, ankle and footHeader
- M85.58Aneurysmal bone cyst, other siteBillable
- M85.59Aneurysmal bone cyst, multiple sitesBillable