2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M70.5

Other bursitis of knee

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

M70.5 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM M70.5 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M70.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 M70.5 may differ.

The following code(s) above M70.5 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

that may be applicable to M70.5:

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M70.5:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M70.5

M70.21 …… right elbow

M70.22 …… left elbow

M70.3 Other bursitis of elbow

M70.30 …… unspecified elbow

M70.31 …… right elbow

M70.32 …… left elbow

M70.4 Prepatellar bursitis

M70.40 …… unspecified knee

M70.41 …… right knee

M70.42 …… left knee

M70.5 Other bursitis of knee

M70.50 …… unspecified knee

M70.51 …… right knee

M70.52 …… left knee

M70.6 Trochanteric bursitis

M70.60 …… unspecified hip

M70.61 …… right hip

M70.62 …… left hip

M70.7 Other bursitis of hip

M70.70 …… unspecified hip

M70.71 …… right hip

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.