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.
For this surgical incision, you would look to code 25000 (Incision, extensor tendon sheath, wrist [e.g., De Quervains disease]).
Radial styloid tenosynovitis [de Quervain]
ICD-10-CM Code for Pain in right wrist M25. 531.
De Quervain's tendinosis is a painful swelling (inflammation) of specific tendons of the thumb. The condition is also known as de Quervain tendinitis or de Quervain's tenosynovitis.
Answer: The provider injects around the tendon sheath when he treats de Quervain's disease, so choose 20550 (Injection[s]; single tendon sheath, or ligament, aponeurosis [e.g., plantar "fascia"]).
M79. 644 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 M79.
M25. 532 Pain in left wrist - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
To diagnose de Quervain's tenosynovitis, your doctor will examine your hand to see if you feel pain when pressure is applied on the thumb side of the wrist. Your doctor will also perform a Finkelstein test, in which you bend your thumb across the palm of your hand and bend your fingers down over your thumb.
53: Pain in wrist.
ICD-10 code M79. 64 for Pain in hand and fingers is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Soft tissue disorders .
ICD-9-CM 719.43 converts approximately to: 2022 ICD-10-CM M25. 539 Pain in unspecified wrist.
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.