ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M91-M94 › M94.23 Chondromalacia, wrist › M94.239
Chondromalacia, unspecified wrist
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Chondromalacia, unspecified 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 |
|---|---|---|
| M94.231 | Chondromalacia, right wrist | Valid |
| M94.232 | Chondromalacia, left wrist | Valid |