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M71.3

M71.3: Other bursal cyst

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M71.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other bursal cyst. 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.

  • synovial cyst with rupture (M66.1-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

  • Synovial cyst NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M71.3

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M71: Other bursopathies

  • bunion (M20.1)
  • bursitis related to use, overuse or pressure (M70.-)
  • enthesopathies (M76-M77)

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 M71.3

9 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M71

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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