ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M05-M14 › M1A.16 Lead-induced chronic gout, knee › M1A.169
Lead-induced chronic gout, unspecified knee
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 2 more specific codes instead:
- M1A.1690 Lead-induced chronic gout, unspecified knee, without tophus (tophi)
- M1A.1691 Lead-induced chronic gout, unspecified knee, with tophus (tophi)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Lead-induced chronic gout, unspecified knee
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 M1A Chronic gout
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category M1A
Excludes1 - never coded here
- gout NOS (M10.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- acute gout (M10.-)
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)
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.
- Tophi
- Podagra
- Gout, gouty
- Gout, chronic
- Iritis > gouty
- Bursitis > gouty
- Neuritis > gouty
- Diathesis > gouty
- Synovitis > gouty
- Arthropathy > gouty
- Gout, gouty > tophi
- Spondylitis > gouty
- Gout, chronic > saturnine
- Arthritis, arthritic > gouty
- Arthritis, arthritic > uratic
- Arthritis, arthritic > in > gout
- Gout, chronic > lead-induced > knee
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M1A.161 | Lead-induced chronic gout, right knee | Not billable |
| M1A.162 | Lead-induced chronic gout, left knee | Not billable |