ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M05-M14 › M10 Gout › M10.0

M10.0

Idiopathic gout

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • M10.00 Idiopathic gout, unspecified site
  • M10.01 Idiopathic gout, shoulder (also a header)
  • M10.02 Idiopathic gout, elbow (also a header)
  • M10.03 Idiopathic gout, wrist (also a header)
  • M10.04 Idiopathic gout, hand (also a header)
  • M10.05 Idiopathic gout, hip (also a header)
  • M10.06 Idiopathic gout, knee (also a header)
  • M10.07 Idiopathic gout, ankle and foot (also a header)
  • M10.08 Idiopathic gout, vertebrae
  • M10.09 Idiopathic gout, multiple sites

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Idiopathic gout

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from M10 Gout

Excludes2 - not included here

  • chronic gout (M1A.-)

Use additional code

  • code to identify:
  • Autonomic neuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere (G99.0)
  • Calculus of urinary tract in diseases classified elsewhere (N22)
  • Cardiomyopathy in diseases classified elsewhere (I43)
  • Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere (H61.1-, H62.8-)
  • Disorders of iris and ciliary body in diseases classified elsewhere (H22)
  • Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere (N08)

Also known as

  • Acute gout
  • Gout attack
  • Gout flare
  • Podagra

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M10.1 Lead-induced gout Not billable
M10.2 Drug-induced gout Not billable
M10.3 Gout due to renal impairment Not billable
M10.4 Other secondary gout Not billable
M10.9 Gout, unspecified Valid