ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M05-M14 › M12.4 Intermittent hydrarthrosis › M12.42
Intermittent hydrarthrosis, elbow
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
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 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, elbow
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.
- Dropsy, dropsical
- Hydrops > articulorum intermittens
- Hydrarthrosis > intermittent > elbow
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M12.40 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, unspecified site | Valid |
| M12.41 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, shoulder | Not billable |
| M12.43 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, wrist | Not billable |
| M12.44 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, hand | Not billable |
| M12.45 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, hip | Not billable |
| M12.46 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, knee | Not billable |
| M12.47 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, ankle and foot | Not billable |
| M12.48 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, other site | Valid |
| M12.49 | Intermittent hydrarthrosis, multiple sites | Valid |