M12.5
Traumatic arthropathy
Code Hierarchy
Coding Guidelines
Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)
These codes should never be used together with M12.5
- current injury-see Alphabetic Index
- M18.2-M183 - post-traumatic osteoarthritis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.2-M18.3)
- M16.4-M165 - post-traumatic osteoarthritis of hip (M16.4-M16.5)
- M17.2-M173 - post-traumatic osteoarthritis of knee (M17.2-M17.3)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis NOS (M19.1-)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of other single joints (M19.1-)
Specific Codes (10)
Traumatic arthropathy, unspecified site
Traumatic arthropathy, shoulder
Traumatic arthropathy, elbow
Traumatic arthropathy, wrist
Traumatic arthropathy, hand
Traumatic arthropathy, hip
Traumatic arthropathy, knee
Traumatic arthropathy, ankle and foot
Traumatic arthropathy, other specified site
Traumatic arthropathy, multiple sites
Related Codes
Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud]
Kaschin-Beck disease
Villonodular synovitis (pigmented)
Palindromic rheumatism
Intermittent hydrarthrosis
Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classified
Arthropathy, unspecified


