M12.5

Traumatic arthropathy

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

M12M12.5

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-)

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