ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M65-M67 › M65.24 Calcific tendinitis, hand › M65.242
Calcific tendinitis, left hand
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Calcific tendinitis, left hand
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 M65 Synovitis and tenosynovitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- chronic crepitant synovitis of hand and wrist (M70.0-)
- current injury - see injury of ligament or tendon by body region
- soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure (M70.-)
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.
- Sloughing > tendon
- Slipped, slipping > tendon
- Disorder > tendon > tendinitis
- Disease, diseased > tendon, tendinous
- Calcification > tendon > with bursitis, synovitis or tenosynovitis
- Tendinitis, tendonitis > calcific > hand
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M65.241 | Calcific tendinitis, right hand | Valid |
| M65.249 | Calcific tendinitis, unspecified hand | Valid |