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M25

Other joint disorder, not elsewhere classified

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • M25.0 Hemarthrosis (also a header)
  • M25.1 Fistula of joint (also a header)
  • M25.2 Flail joint (also a header)
  • M25.3 Other instability of joint (also a header)
  • M25.4 Effusion of joint (also a header)
  • M25.5 Pain in joint (also a header)
  • M25.6 Stiffness of joint, not elsewhere classified (also a header)
  • M25.7 Osteophyte (also a header)
  • M25.8 Other specified joint disorders (also a header)
  • M25.9 Joint disorder, unspecified

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 joint disorder, not elsewhere classified

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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • abnormality of gait and mobility (R26.-)
  • acquired deformities of limb (M20-M21)
  • calcification of bursa (M71.4-)
  • calcification of shoulder (joint) (M75.3)
  • calcification of tendon (M65.2-)
  • difficulty in walking (R26.2)
  • temporomandibular joint disorder (M26.6-)

Inherited from the M20-M25 section Other joint disorders (M20-M25)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • joints of the spine (M40-M54)