M25.6
M25.6: Stiffness of joint, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M25.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for stiffness of joint, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M25.6
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on M25: Other joint disorder, not elsewhere classified
Other codes that can never be billed with M25.6
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- M24.6Ankylosis of joint
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 M25.6
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- M25.60Stiffness of unspecified joint, not elsewhere classified
- M25.61Stiffness of shoulder, not elsewhere classified
- M25.62Stiffness of elbow, not elsewhere classified
- M25.63Stiffness of wrist, not elsewhere classified
- M25.64Stiffness of hand, not elsewhere classified
- M25.65Stiffness of hip, not elsewhere classified
- M25.66Stiffness of knee, not elsewhere classified
- M25.67Stiffness of ankle and foot, not elsewhere classified
- M25.69Stiffness of other specified joint, not elsewhere classified