Lead-induced gout, hand

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 3 more specific codes instead:

M10.141 Lead-induced gout, right hand
M10.142 Lead-induced gout, left hand
M10.149 Lead-induced gout, unspecified hand

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Lead-induced gout, hand

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Tophi
Podagra
Gout, gouty
Gout, chronic
Tenosynovitis
Iritis > gouty
Bursitis > gouty
Neuritis > gouty
Diathesis > gouty
Synovitis > gouty
Arthropathy > gouty
Gout, gouty > tophi
Spondylitis > gouty
Gout, gouty > saturnine
Arthritis, arthritic > gouty
Arthritis, arthritic > uratic
Disorder > tendon > synovitis
Disorder > synovium > synovitis
Arthritis, arthritic > in > gout
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > nerve NEC
Disorder > soft tissue > due to use, overuse and pressure > bursitis
Gout, gouty > lead-induced > hand joint

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M10.10	Lead-induced gout, unspecified site	Valid
M10.11	Lead-induced gout, shoulder	Not billable
M10.12	Lead-induced gout, elbow	Not billable
M10.13	Lead-induced gout, wrist	Not billable
M10.15	Lead-induced gout, hip	Not billable
M10.16	Lead-induced gout, knee	Not billable
M10.17	Lead-induced gout, ankle and foot	Not billable
M10.18	Lead-induced gout, vertebrae	Valid
M10.19	Lead-induced gout, multiple sites	Valid