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M19.17

Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, 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:

  • M19.171 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, right ankle and foot
  • M19.172 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, left ankle and foot
  • M19.179 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, 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 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, 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 M19 Other and unspecified osteoarthritis

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • polyarthritis (M15.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • arthrosis of spine (M47.-)
  • hallux rigidus (M20.2)
  • osteoarthritis of spine (M47.-)

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
M19.11 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, shoulder Not billable
M19.12 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, elbow Not billable
M19.13 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, wrist Not billable
M19.14 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, hand Not billable
M19.19 Post-traumatic osteoarthritis, other specified site Valid