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FY2027

M10.38 — Gout due to renal impairment, vertebrae

Billable

Is M10.38 billable?

Yes — M10.38 is billable for FY2027. M10.38 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. M10.38 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

M10.38 at a glance

CodeM10.38
DescriptionGout due to renal impairment, vertebrae
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does M10.38 group to?

M10.38 sits in MDC 11 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 698Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with MCCmedical
  • 699Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses with CCmedical
  • 700Other Kidney and Urinary Tract Diagnoses without CC/MCCmedical

How is M10.38 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M10.38. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Gout, gouty › inrenal impairment › vertebrae (acute) (attack) (flare)

Code first — inherited from M10.3

The underlying condition below must be sequenced before M10.38. M10.38 describes a manifestation and cannot be the principal or first-listed diagnosis.

  • associated renal disease

Use additional code — inherited from M10

Report an additional code alongside M10.38 to fully describe the condition. M10.38 is sequenced first.

  • code to identify:
  • Autonomic neuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere (G99.0)
  • Calculus of urinary tract in diseases classified elsewhere (N22)
  • Cardiomyopathy in diseases classified elsewhere (I43)
  • Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere (H61.1-, H62.8-)
  • Disorders of iris and ciliary body in diseases classified elsewhere (H22)
  • Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere (N08)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13

The conditions below are not part of M10.38, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M10.38 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from M10

The conditions below are not part of M10.38, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M10.38 and the excluded code may both be reported.

How long has M10.38 existed?

M10.38 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

Which conditions are coded to M10.38?

What other codes are in the M10.3 family? (9)