Traumatic arthropathy
Traumatic arthropathy
M12.5 is a header (parent) code in the ICD-10-CM hierarchy. It is not billable for claim submission. Use one of the billable child codes listed below.
Billable codes in this category
Each of the codes below is billable. Choose the one that most accurately describes the patient's diagnosis.
Traumatic arthropathy affecting a joint where no specific anatomical site has been documented in the medical record.
Traumatic arthropathy at a site not captured by any other specific M12.5x subcategory — per the ICD-10-CM Tabular, this includes vertebral traumatic arthropathy as the primary 'Applicable To' example.
Traumatic arthropathy affecting two or more joint sites simultaneously, where joint damage results from prior trauma rather than a systemic or degenerative process.
Inclusion & exclusion notes
Excludes 1 (mutually exclusive — never code together)
- current injury-see Alphabetic Index
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.2-M18.3)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of hip (M16.4-M16.5)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of knee (M17.2-M17.3)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis NOS (M19.1-)
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of other single joints (M19.1-)