ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M65-M67 › M67.8 Other specified disorders of... › M67.82
Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, 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.
Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:
- M67.821 Other specified disorders of synovium, right elbow
- M67.822 Other specified disorders of synovium, left elbow
- M67.823 Other specified disorders of tendon, right elbow
- M67.824 Other specified disorders of tendon, left elbow
- M67.829 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, 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.
- Tenophyte
- Herniation
- Cyst > tendon
- Sarcoepiplocele
- Sloughing > tendon
- Ossification > tendon
- Ossification > ligament
- Hernia, hernial > tendon
- Slipped, slipping > tendon
- Disease, diseased > synovium
- Gangrene, gangrenous > hernia
- Hernia, hernial > irreducible
- Hernia, hernial > obstructive
- Loose > body > sheath, tendon
- Hernia, hernial > incarcerated
- Hernia, hernial > strangulated
- Rupture, ruptured > obstructed
- Derangement > joint > loose body
- Hernia, hernial > with > gangrene
- Hypertrophy, hypertrophic > tendon
- Hernia, hernial > with > irreducible
- Hernia, hernial > with > obstruction
- Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia
- Strangulation, strangulated > hernia
- Body, bodies > loose > sheath, tendon
- Disease, diseased > tendon, tendinous
- Incarceration, incarcerated > rupture
- Strangulation, strangulated > rupture
- Hernia, hernial > with > incarceration
- Hernia, hernial > with > strangulation
- Hernia, hernial > intestine, intestinal
- Hernia, hernial > irreducible > with gangrene
- Hernia, hernial > obstructive > with gangrene
- Degeneration, degenerative > synovial membrane
- Hernia, hernial > incarcerated > with gangrene
- Hernia, hernial > strangulated > with gangrene
- Rupture, ruptured > nontraumatic, meaning hernia
- Strangulation, strangulated > stomach due to hernia
- Incarceration, incarcerated > hernia > with gangrene
- Strangulation, strangulated > hernia > with gangrene
Showing 40 of 47 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M67.80 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, unspecified site | Valid |
| M67.81 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, shoulder | Not billable |
| M67.83 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, wrist | Not billable |
| M67.84 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, hand | Not billable |
| M67.85 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, hip | Not billable |
| M67.86 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, knee | Not billable |
| M67.87 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, ankle and foot | Not billable |
| M67.88 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, other site | Valid |
| M67.89 | Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, multiple sites | Valid |