M70.0 — Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wrist

Not billable

Is M70.0 billable?

No — M70.0 is a non-billable header code. M70.0 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 6 billable codes beneath M70.0.

Billable codes under this header

M70.0 at a glance

Code	M70.0
Description	Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wrist
Billable	No — header code
Code set	ICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encounters	October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M70

The conditions below can never be reported together with M70.0 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.

bursitis NOS (M71.9-)

Use additional code — inherited from M70

Report an additional code alongside M70.0 to fully describe the condition. M70.0 is sequenced first.

external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13

The conditions below are not part of M70.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M70.0 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 M70

The conditions below are not part of M70.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M70.0 and the excluded code may both be reported.

bursitis of shoulder (M75.5)
enthesopathies (M76-M77)
pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)

What codes fall under M70.0? (2)

How long has M70.0 existed?

M70.0 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.