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M65.14

M65.14: Other infective (teno)synovitis, hand

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M65.14 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other infective (teno)synovitis, hand. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M65.14

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M65: Synovitis and tenosynovitis

  • 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.-)

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 M65.14

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M65.1

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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