M67.322BillableSave

M67.322 - Transient synovitis, left elbow

ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M65-M67 Disorders of synovium and tendon (M65-M67) · Subcategory of M67.32 · FY2027

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M67.3

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • palindromic rheumatism (M12.3-)
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M67

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • palmar fascial fibromatosis [Dupuytren] (M72.0)
  • tendinitis NOS (M77.9-)
  • xanthomatosis localized to tendons (E78.2)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter M00-M99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
NotesFrom Chapter M00-M99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Documentation requirements, coding pitfalls and FAQs for conditions coded with M67.322.