ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M05-M14 › M10.4 Other secondary gout › M10.44

M10.44

Other secondary 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:

  • M10.441 Other secondary gout, right hand
  • M10.442 Other secondary gout, left hand
  • M10.449 Other secondary 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other secondary 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M10.40 Other secondary gout, unspecified site Valid
M10.41 Other secondary gout, shoulder Not billable
M10.42 Other secondary gout, elbow Not billable
M10.43 Other secondary gout, wrist Not billable
M10.45 Other secondary gout, hip Not billable
M10.46 Other secondary gout, knee Not billable
M10.47 Other secondary gout, ankle and foot Not billable
M10.48 Other secondary gout, vertebrae Valid
M10.49 Other secondary gout, multiple sites Valid