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M67

Other disorders of synovium and tendon

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • M67.0 Short Achilles tendon (acquired) (also a header)
  • M67.2 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified (also a header)
  • M67.3 Transient synovitis (also a header)
  • M67.4 Ganglion (also a header)
  • M67.5 Plica syndrome (also a header)
  • M67.8 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon (also a header)
  • M67.9 Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon (also a header)
  • M67.A Plantar fasciitis (also a header)

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 disorders of synovium and tendon

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

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • palmar fascial fibromatosis [Dupuytren] (M72.0)
  • tendinitis NOS (M77.9-)
  • xanthomatosis localized to tendons (E78.2)