M70.0
M70.0 — Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wrist
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M70.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wrist. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with M70.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M70.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M70.0 alone.
- M65Synovitis and tenosynovitis
Risk adjustment
M70.0 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M70.0
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M70. If M70.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M70.1Bursitis of hand
- M70.2Olecranon bursitis
- M70.3Other bursitis of elbow
- M70.4Prepatellar bursitis
- M70.5Other bursitis of knee
- M70.6Trochanteric bursitis
- M70.7Other bursitis of hip
- M70.8Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
- M70.9Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure
Questions about M70.0
- Is M70.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M70.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M70.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79).