M17.2 — Bilateral post-traumatic osteoarthritis of knee
Is M17.2 billable?
Yes — M17.2 is billable for FY2027. M17.2 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. M17.2 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
M17.2 at a glance
| Code | M17.2 |
|---|---|
| Description | Bilateral post-traumatic osteoarthritis of knee |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does M17.2 group to?
M17.2 sits in MDC 08 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 553Bone Diseases and Arthropathies with MCCmedical
- 554Bone Diseases and Arthropathies without MCCmedical
How is M17.2 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M17.2. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Osteoarthritis › knee › bilateral › post-traumatic
- Osteoarthritis › post-traumatic NEC › knee › bilateral
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M17.2, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M17.2 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 M15-M19
The conditions below are not part of M17.2, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M17.2 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- osteoarthritis of spine (M47.-)
How long has M17.2 existed?
M17.2 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 M17.2?
What other codes are in the M17 family? (6)
- M17.0Bilateral primary osteoarthritis of knee
- M17.1Unilateral primary osteoarthritis of kneenot billable
- M17.3Unilateral post-traumatic osteoarthritis of kneenot billable
- M17.4Other bilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee
- M17.5Other unilateral secondary osteoarthritis of knee
- M17.9Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified