Transient synovitis, multiple sites

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Transient synovitis, multiple sites

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.

Synovitis
Tenonitis
Tenosynovitis
Tenovaginitis
Tendosynovitis
Tenontothecitis
Tenontosynovitis
Synovitis > toxic
Sloughing > tendon
Slipped, slipping > tendon
Disease, diseased > synovium
Disorder > tendon > synovitis
Disorder > synovium > synovitis
Disorder > tendon > tenosynovitis
Disease, diseased > tendon, tendinous
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > synovial
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > tendon NEC
Synovitis > transient > multiple site

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M67.30	Transient synovitis, unspecified site	Valid
M67.31	Transient synovitis, shoulder	Not billable
M67.32	Transient synovitis, elbow	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