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M25.4

Non-Billable (Header)

Effusion of joint

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • hydrarthrosis in yaws (A66.6)
  • intermittent hydrarthrosis (M12.4-)
  • other infective (teno)synovitis (M65.1-)

Child Codes

M25.40Effusion, unspecified joint
M25.41Effusion, shoulder
M25.42Effusion, elbow
M25.43Effusion, wrist
M25.44Effusion, hand
M25.45Effusion, hip
M25.46Effusion, knee
M25.47Effusion, ankle and foot
M25.48Effusion, other site

Code Hierarchy

└M25Other joint disorder, not elsewhere classified└M25.4Effusion of joint
└M25.4Effusion of joint

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