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M67.87

Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, ankle and foot

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 5 more specific codes instead:

  • M67.871 Other specified disorders of synovium, right ankle and foot
  • M67.872 Other specified disorders of synovium, left ankle and foot
  • M67.873 Other specified disorders of tendon, right ankle and foot
  • M67.874 Other specified disorders of tendon, left ankle and foot
  • M67.879 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, unspecified ankle and foot

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 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, ankle and foot

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.

Showing 40 of 49 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M67.80 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, unspecified site Valid
M67.81 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, shoulder Not billable
M67.82 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, elbow 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
M67.88 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, other site Valid
M67.89 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon, multiple sites Valid