ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M65-M67 › M67 Other disorders of synovium and tendon › M67.2

M67.2

Synovial hypertrophy, 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:

  • M67.20 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site
  • M67.21 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder (also a header)
  • M67.22 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper arm (also a header)
  • M67.23 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearm (also a header)
  • M67.24 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand (also a header)
  • M67.25 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, thigh (also a header)
  • M67.26 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg (also a header)
  • M67.27 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot (also a header)
  • M67.28 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, other site
  • M67.29 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites

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 Synovial hypertrophy, 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.

Inherited from M67 Other disorders of synovium and tendon

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M67.0 Short Achilles tendon (acquired) Not billable
M67.3 Transient synovitis Not billable
M67.4 Ganglion Not billable
M67.5 Plica syndrome Not billable
M67.8 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon Not billable
M67.9 Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon Not billable
M67.A Plantar fasciitis Not billable