Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, 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:

M67.941 Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, right hand
M67.942 Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, left hand
M67.949 Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, 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 Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, 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.

Sloughing > tendon
Slipped, slipping > tendon
Disease, diseased > synovium
Disease, diseased > tendon, tendinous
Disorder > tendon > hand
Disorder > synovium > hand

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M67.90	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, unspecified site	Valid
M67.91	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, shoulder	Not billable
M67.92	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, upper arm	Not billable
M67.93	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, forearm	Not billable
M67.95	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, thigh	Not billable
M67.96	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, lower leg	Not billable
M67.97	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, ankle and foot	Not billable
M67.98	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, other site	Valid
M67.99	Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, multiple sites	Valid