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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 730.08
Acute osteomyelitis, other specified sites
  • Short description: Ac osteomyelitis NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 730.08 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 730.08 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 730.08.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 730.08: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 730.08 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M86.18 Other acute osteomyelitis, other site
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M86.28 Subacute osteomyelitis, other site
Approximate Synonyms
  • Abscess of bone of skull
  • Abscess of facial bone
  • Abscess of frontal bone
  • Abscess of nasal-orbit complex
  • Abscess of temporal bone
  • Abscess of zygomatic bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of bilat temporal bones
  • Acute osteomyelitis of bilat zygomatic bones
  • Acute osteomyelitis of bilateral temporal bones
  • Acute osteomyelitis of bilateral zygomatic bones
  • Acute osteomyelitis of cranium
  • Acute osteomyelitis of facial bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of frontal bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of left temporal bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of left zygomatic bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of mandible
  • Acute osteomyelitis of maxilla
  • Acute osteomyelitis of nasal orbit complex
  • Acute osteomyelitis of nasal-orbit complex
  • Acute osteomyelitis of right temporal bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of right zygomatic bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of sphenoid bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of temporal bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis of vertebra
  • Acute osteomyelitis of zygomatic bone
  • Acute osteomyelitis-cervical spine
  • Acute osteomyelitis-coccyx
  • Acute osteomyelitis-lumbar spine
  • Acute osteomyelitis-sacrum
  • Acute osteomyelitis-thoracic spine
  • Osteomyelitis cranium, acute
  • Osteomyelitis facial bone, acute
  • Osteomyelitis frontal bone, acute
  • Osteomyelitis nasal orbit, complex, acute
  • Osteomyelitis of zygomatic bone, acute
  • Osteomyelitis sphenoid bone, acute
  • Osteomyelitis temporal bone, acute
  • Osteomyelitis vertebra, acute
  • Osteomyelitis zygomatic bone, acute
  • Subacute osteomyelitis of cervical spine
  • Subacute osteomyelitis of coccyx
  • Subacute osteomyelitis of lumbar spine
  • Subacute osteomyelitis of sacrum
  • Subacute osteomyelitis of thoracic spine
  • Subperiosteal abscess of orbit
  • Vertebral abscess
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 730.08:
  • Abscess (acute) (chronic) (infectional) (lymphangitic) (metastatic) (multiple) (pyogenic) (septic) (with lymphangitis) (see also Cellulitis) 682.9
    • bone (subperiosteal) (see also Osteomyelitis) 730.0
      • accessory sinus (chronic) (see also Sinusitis) 473.9
      • acute 730.0
      • chronic or old 730.1
      • jaw (lower) (upper) 526.4
      • mastoid - see Mastoiditis, acute
      • petrous (see also Petrositis) 383.20
      • spinal (tuberculous) (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [730.88]
        • nontuberculous 730.08
    • sacrum (tuberculous) (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [730.88]
      • nontuberculous 730.08
    • spine (column) (tuberculous) (see also Tuberculosis) 015.0 [730.88]
      • nontuberculous 730.08
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