Chondromalacia, wrist

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:

M94.231 Chondromalacia, right wrist
M94.232 Chondromalacia, left wrist
M94.239 Chondromalacia, unspecified wrist

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 Chondromalacia, 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 the M91-M94 section Chondropathies (M91-M94)

Excludes1 - never coded here

postprocedural chondropathies (M96.-)

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.

Chondromalacia > wrist

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M94.20	Chondromalacia, unspecified site	Valid
M94.21	Chondromalacia, shoulder	Not billable
M94.22	Chondromalacia, elbow	Not billable
M94.24	Chondromalacia, joints of hand	Not billable
M94.25	Chondromalacia, hip	Not billable
M94.26	Chondromalacia, knee	Not billable
M94.27	Chondromalacia, ankle and joints of foot	Not billable
M94.28	Chondromalacia, other site	Valid
M94.29	Chondromalacia, multiple sites	Valid