ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M65-M67 › M67.3 Transient synovitis › M67.32

M67.32

Transient synovitis, elbow

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • M67.321 Transient synovitis, right elbow
  • M67.322 Transient synovitis, left elbow
  • M67.329 Transient synovitis, unspecified elbow

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 Transient synovitis, elbow

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)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M67.30 Transient synovitis, unspecified site Valid
M67.31 Transient synovitis, shoulder Not billable
M67.33 Transient synovitis, wrist Not billable
M67.34 Transient synovitis, hand Not billable
M67.35 Transient synovitis, hip Not billable
M67.36 Transient synovitis, knee Not billable
M67.37 Transient synovitis, ankle and foot Not billable
M67.38 Transient synovitis, other site Valid
M67.39 Transient synovitis, multiple sites Valid