733.90 BONE & CARTILAGE DIS NOS


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 733.90

Short Description: Bone & cartilage dis NOS

Long Description: Disorder of bone and cartilage, unspecified

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)
    • Osteopathies, chondropathies, and acquired musculoskeletal deformities (730-739)
      • 733 Other disorders of bone and cartilage
        • 733.90 Bone & cartilage dis NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 733.90 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Borderline
    • osteopenia 733.90
  • Change(s) (of) - see also Removal of
    • bone 733.90
      • diabetic 250.8 [731.8]
        • due to secondary diabetes 249.8 [731.8]
      • in disease, unknown cause 733.90
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • bone 733.90
    • spinal (cord) 336.8
      • column 733.90
    • spine 733.90
    • turbinate 733.90
  • Destruction
    • bone 733.90
      • syphilitic 095.5
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • back bone NEC 733.90
    • bone 733.90
      • fibrocystic NEC 733.29
        • jaw 526.2
      • marrow 289.9
      • Paget's (osteitis deformans) 731.0
      • specified type NEC 733.99
      • von Recklinghausen's (osteitis fibrosa cystica) 252.01
    • cartilage NEC 733.90
      • specified NEC 733.99
    • periosteum 733.90
    • spine, spinal 733.90
      • combined system (see also Degeneration, combined) 266.2 [336.2]
        • with pernicious anemia 281.0 [336.2]
      • cord NEC 336.9
        • congenital 742.9
      • demyelinating NEC 341.8
      • joint (see also Disease, joint, spine) 724.9
      • tuberculous 015.0 [730.8]
    • vertebra, vertebral NEC 733.90
      • disc - see Disease, Intervertebral disc
  • Disorder - see also Disease
    • bone NEC 733.90
      • specified NEC 733.99
    • cartilage NEC 733.90
      • articular 718.00
        • ankle 718.07
        • elbow 718.02
        • foot 718.07
        • hand 718.04
        • hip 718.05
        • knee 717.9
        • multiple sites 718.09
        • pelvic region 718.05
        • shoulder region 718.01
        • specified
          • site NEC 718.08
          • type NEC 733.99
        • wrist 718.03
  • Lesion(s)
    • bone 733.90
    • osteolytic 733.90
  • Mass
    • bone 733.90
  • Osteocopic pain 733.90
  • Osteodynia 733.90
  • Osteopenia 733.90
    • borderline 733.90
  • Pain(s) (see also Painful) 780.96
    • bone 733.90
    • cartilage NEC 733.90
    • osteocopic 733.90
    • tibia 733.90
    • xiphoid 733.90
  • Scapulalgia 733.90
  • Symptoms, specified (general) NEC 780.99
    • bone NEC 733.90
  • Xiphodynia 733.90
  • Xiphoidalgia 733.90

Crosswalk Information

The code 733.90 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
733.90 Right Arrow M89.9 Disorder of bone, unspecified
M94.9 Disorder of cartilage, unspecified
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
733.00 Osteoporosis, unspecified
733.01 Senile osteoporosis
733.02 Idiopathic osteoporosis
733.03 Disuse osteoporosis
733.09 Other osteoporosis
733.10 Pathologic fracture, unspecified site
733.11 Pathologic fracture of humerus
733.12 Pathologic fracture of distal radius and ulna
733.13 Pathologic fracture of vertebrae
733.14 Pathologic fracture of neck of femur
733.15 Pathologic fracture of other specified part of femur
733.16 Pathologic fracture of tibia or fibula
733.19 Pathologic fracture of other specified site
733.20 Cyst of bone (localized), unspecified
733.21 Solitary bone cyst
733.22 Aneurysmal bone cyst
733.29 Other bone cyst
733.3 Hyperostosis of skull
733.40 Aseptic necrosis of bone, site unspecified
733.41 Aseptic necrosis of head of humerus
733.42 Aseptic necrosis of head and neck of femur
733.43 Aseptic necrosis of medial femoral condyle
733.44 Aseptic necrosis of talus
733.45 Aseptic necrosis of bone, jaw
733.49 Aseptic necrosis of bone, other
733.5 Osteitis condensans
733.6 Tietze's disease
733.7 Algoneurodystrophy
733.81 Malunion of fracture
733.82 Nonunion of fracture
733.91 Arrest of bone development or growth
733.92 Chondromalacia
733.93 Stress fracture of tibia or fibula
733.94 Stress fracture of the metatarsals
733.95 Stress fracture of other bone
733.96 Stress fracture of femoral neck
733.97 Stress fracture of shaft of femur
733.98 Stress fracture of pelvis
733.99 Other disorders of bone and cartilage


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