M65.94
Header — not billableUnspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, hand
The ICD-10 code for unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, hand is M65.94.
M65.94 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- M65.90Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, unspecified site
- M65.91Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, shouldernon-billable header
- M65.92Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, upper armnon-billable header
- M65.93Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, forearmnon-billable header
- M65.95Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, thighnon-billable header
- M65.96Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, lower legnon-billable header
- M65.97Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, ankle and footnon-billable header
- M65.98Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, other site
- M65.99Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, multiple sites
- M65.94Unspecified synovitis and tenosynovitis, handnon-billable header