kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

M66.339

Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, unspecified forearm

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Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M65-M67 Disorders of synovium and tendon (M65-M67)
      • M66 Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon
        • M66.3 Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons
          • M66.33 Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, forearm
            • M66.331 Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, right forearm
            • M66.332 Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, left forearm
            • M66.339 Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, unspecified forearm

Notes

M00-M99

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Includes

M66

  • rupture that occurs when a normal force is applied to tissues that are inferred to have less than normal strength

Excludes 2

M66

  • rotator cuff syndrome (M75.1-)
    • M75.1 Rotator cuff tear or rupture, not specified as traumatic
  • rupture where an abnormal force is applied to normal tissue - see injury of tendon by body region

M00-M99

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