ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M05-M14 › M10.2 Drug-induced gout › M10.27

M10.27

Drug-induced gout, ankle and foot

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:

  • M10.271 Drug-induced gout, right ankle and foot
  • M10.272 Drug-induced gout, left ankle and foot
  • M10.279 Drug-induced gout, unspecified ankle and foot

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 Drug-induced gout, ankle and foot

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M10.20 Drug-induced gout, unspecified site Valid
M10.21 Drug-induced gout, shoulder Not billable
M10.22 Drug-induced gout, elbow Not billable
M10.23 Drug-induced gout, wrist Not billable
M10.24 Drug-induced gout, hand Not billable
M10.25 Drug-induced gout, hip Not billable
M10.26 Drug-induced gout, knee Not billable
M10.28 Drug-induced gout, vertebrae Valid
M10.29 Drug-induced gout, multiple sites Valid