M65 Synovitis and tenosynovitis

Modifier-Hint

[See site code at the beginning of this chapter]

Excl.:

chronic crepitant synovitis of hand and wrist ( M70.0)

current injury - see injury of ligament or tendon by body region

soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure ( M70.-)

M65.0 Abscess of tendon sheath

Coding-Hint

Use additional code (B95-B96), if desired, to identify bacterial agent.

M65.1 Other infective (teno)synovitis

M65.2 Calcific tendinitis

Excl.:

of shoulder ( M75.3)

specified tendinitis ( M75-M77)

M65.3 Trigger finger

Incl.:

Nodular tendinous disease

M65.4 Radial styloid tenosynovitis [de Quervain]

M65.8 Other synovitis and tenosynovitis

Incl.:

Irritable hip

M65.9 Synovitis and tenosynovitis, unspecified

M66 Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon

Modifier-Hint

[See site code at the beginning of this chapter]

Incl.:

rupture that occurs when a normal force is applied to tissues that are inferred to have less than normal strength

Excl.:

rotator cuff syndrome ( M75.1)

rupture where an abnormal force is applied to normal tissue - see injury of tendon by body region

M66.0 Rupture of popliteal cyst

M66.1 Rupture of synovium

Incl.:

Rupture of synovial cyst

Excl.:

rupture of popliteal cyst ( M66.0)

M66.2 Spontaneous rupture of extensor tendons

M66.3 Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons

M66.4 Spontaneous rupture of other tendons

M66.5 Spontaneous rupture of unspecified tendon

Incl.:

Rupture at musculotendinous junction, nontraumatic

M67 Other disorders of synovium and tendon

Excl.:

palmar fascial fibromatosis [Dupuytren] ( M72.0)

tendinitis NOS ( M77.9)

xanthomatosis localized to tendons ( E78.2)

M67.0 Short Achilles tendon (acquired)

M67.1 Other contracture of tendon (sheath)

Excl.:

with contracture of joint ( M24.5)

M67.2 Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified

Excl.:

villonodular synovitis (pigmented) ( M12.2)

M67.3 Transient synovitis

Incl.:

Toxic synovitis

Excl.:

palindromic rheumatism ( M12.3)

M67.4 Ganglion

Incl.:

Ganglion of joint or tendon (sheath)

Excl.:

cyst of:

• bursa (M71.2-M71.3)
• synovium (M71.2-M71.3)

ganglion in yaws ( A66.6)

M67.8 Other specified disorders of synovium and tendon

M67.9 Disorder of synovium and tendon, unspecified

M68* Disorders of synovium and tendon in diseases classified elsewhere

M68.0* Synovitis and tenosynovitis in bacterial diseases classified elsewhere

Incl.:

Synovitis or tenosynovitis in:

• gonorrhoea (A54.4†)
• syphilis (A52.7†)
• tuberculosis (A18.0†)

M68.8* Other disorders of synovium and tendon in diseases classified elsewhere