M12.51
M12.51: Traumatic arthropathy, shoulder
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M12.51 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for traumatic arthropathy, shoulder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M12.51
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on M12.5: Traumatic arthropathy
- current injury-see Alphabetic Index
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.2-M18.3)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of hip (M16.4-M16.5)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of knee (M17.2-M17.3)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis NOS (M19.1-)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of other single joints (M19.1-)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead M12.51
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under M12.5
- M12.50Traumatic arthropathy, unspecified site
- M12.52Traumatic arthropathy, elbow
- M12.53Traumatic arthropathy, wrist
- M12.54Traumatic arthropathy, hand
- M12.55Traumatic arthropathy, hip
- M12.56Traumatic arthropathy, knee
- M12.57Traumatic arthropathy, ankle and foot
- M12.58Traumatic arthropathy, other specified site
- M12.59Traumatic arthropathy, multiple sites