Ganglion, hand

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:

M67.441 Ganglion, right hand
M67.442 Ganglion, left hand
M67.449 Ganglion, unspecified hand

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Ganglion, 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 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.

Cyst > ganglion
Ganglion > hand

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M67.40	Ganglion, unspecified site	Valid
M67.41	Ganglion, shoulder	Not billable
M67.42	Ganglion, elbow	Not billable
M67.43	Ganglion, wrist	Not billable
M67.45	Ganglion, hip	Not billable
M67.46	Ganglion, knee	Not billable
M67.47	Ganglion, ankle and foot	Not billable
M67.48	Ganglion, other site	Valid
M67.49	Ganglion, multiple sites	Valid