Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, unspecified wrist

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 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, unspecified forearm
FY2020 Description revised ~~Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, unspecified forearm~~ Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, unspecified wrist

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
M67.831	Other specified disorders of synovium, right wrist	Valid
M67.832	Other specified disorders of synovium, left wrist	Valid
M67.833	Other specified disorders of tendon, right wrist	Valid
M67.834	Other specified disorders of tendon, left wrist	Valid