Radial styloid tenosynovitis [de Quervain] M65.4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM M65.4 became effective on October 1, 2018.
Radial styloid tenosynovitis [de Quervain] M65.4 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Radial styloid tenosynovitis [de Quervain] Stenosing tenosynovitis of the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons in the first dorsal wrist compartment. The presenting symptoms are usually pain and tenderness at the radial styloid. The cause is almost always related to overuse injury or is associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
Your surgeon may treat De Quervain’s tendinitis with injections into the wrist compartment. You report this with code 20550 (Injection [s]; single tendon sheath, or ligament, aponeurosis [e.g., plantar “fascia”]). “The injection is into the tendon sheath, and for this you report code 20550,” says Stumpf.
ICD-10 Code for Other specified disorders of tendon, right wrist- M67. 833- Codify by AAPC.
M67. 834 - Other specified disorders of tendon, left wrist | ICD-10-CM.
Radial styloid tenosynovitis [de Quervain]
Transient synovitis, right wrist M67. 331 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M67. 331 became effective on October 1, 2021.
M25. 532 Pain in left wrist - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
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For this surgical incision, you would look to code 25000 (Incision, extensor tendon sheath, wrist [e.g., De Quervains disease]).
The most common cause of de Quervain's tenosynovitis is chronic overuse of the wrist. Repetitive movements day after day cause irritation and pain. One common movement that causes it is lifting a child into a car seat. Another is lifting heavy grocery bags by the handles.
ICD-10-CM Code for Pain in right finger(s) M79. 644.
M65. 841 - Other synovitis and tenosynovitis, right hand. ICD-10-CM.
Synovitis is a common condition meaning inflammation of the synovial lining of a joint or tendon sheath (the tunnel the tendon runs through). Tendon sheath synovitis is referred to as tenosynovitis. It is a generalised response of that particular tissue (the synovial lining) to a local problem e.g. injury or infection.
Flexor tenosynovitis is an inflammation of the tendon sheath that can be caused by either introduction of infection or various inflammatory conditions ranging from autoimmune arthropathies to crystal joint depositions. Flexor tenosynovitis caused by infection is an orthopedic emergency.
Stenosing tenosynovitis (also known as trigger finger or trigger thumb) is a painful condition caused by the inflammation (tenosynovitis) and progressive restriction of the superficial and deep flexors fibrous tendon sheath adjacent to the A1 pulley at a metacarpal head.
This is the official exact match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that in all cases where the ICD9 code 727.04 was previously used, M65.4 is the appropriate modern ICD10 code.
M65.4 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Radial styloid tenosynovitis [de Quervain] . It is found in the 2021 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021 .
DO NOT include the decimal point when electronically filing claims as it may be rejected. Some clearinghouses may remove it for you but to avoid having a rejected claim due to an invalid ICD-10 code, do not include the decimal point when submitting claims electronically. de Quervain's (tendon sheath) M65.4.