Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic), unspecified hand

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 Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic), unspecified 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 M70 Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure

Excludes1 - never coded here

bursitis NOS (M71.9-)

Excludes2 - not included here

bursitis of shoulder (M75.5)
enthesopathies (M76-M77)
pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)

Use additional code

external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)

Includes

soft tissue disorders of occupational origin

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.

Synovitis
Tenonitis
Tenosynovitis
Tenovaginitis
Tendosynovitis
Tenontothecitis
Tenontosynovitis
Sloughing > tendon
Slipped, slipping > tendon
Disease, diseased > synovium
Disorder > tendon > synovitis
Disorder > synovium > synovitis
Disorder > tendon > tenosynovitis
Disease, diseased > tendon, tendinous
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > synovial
Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > tendon NEC
Synovitis > crepitant > hand

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M70.041	Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic), right hand	Valid
M70.042	Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic), left hand	Valid