Kaschin-Beck disease, wrist

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:

M12.131 Kaschin-Beck disease, right wrist
M12.132 Kaschin-Beck disease, left wrist
M12.139 Kaschin-Beck disease, unspecified wrist

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 Kaschin-Beck disease, wrist

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 M12 Other and unspecified arthropathy

Excludes1 - never coded here

arthrosis (M15-M19)
cricoarytenoid arthropathy (J38.7)

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.

Kaschin-Beck disease
Osteochondroarthrosis deformans endemica
Disease, diseased > Kaschin-Beck > wrist

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M12.10	Kaschin-Beck disease, unspecified site	Valid
M12.11	Kaschin-Beck disease, shoulder	Not billable
M12.12	Kaschin-Beck disease, elbow	Not billable
M12.14	Kaschin-Beck disease, hand	Not billable
M12.15	Kaschin-Beck disease, hip	Not billable
M12.16	Kaschin-Beck disease, knee	Not billable
M12.17	Kaschin-Beck disease, ankle and foot	Not billable
M12.18	Kaschin-Beck disease, vertebrae	Valid
M12.19	Kaschin-Beck disease, multiple sites	Valid