Other specified bursopathies, left 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 Other specified bursopathies, left 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 M71 Other bursopathies

Excludes1 - never coded here

bunion (M20.1)
bursitis related to use, overuse or pressure (M70.-)
enthesopathies (M76-M77)

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.

Adventitious bursa
Disease, diseased > bursa
Bursopathy > specified type NEC > hand

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M71.841	Other specified bursopathies, right hand	Valid
M71.849	Other specified bursopathies, unspecified hand	Valid