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ICD-10-CM Code M72.1
Knuckle pads

BILLABLE
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

M72.1 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of knuckle pads. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.


The ICD code M721 is used to code Knuckle pads

Knuckle pads (also known as "Heloderma", meaning similar to the skin of the Gila monster lizard for which it is named) are circumscribed, keratotic, fibrous growths over the dorsa of the interphalangeal joints. Knuckle pads are well-defined, round, plaque-like, fibrous thickening that may develop at any age, and grow to be 10 to 15mm in diameter in the course of a few weeks or months, then go away over time .:604 Knuckle pads are sometimes associated with Dupuytren's contracture and camptodactyly,:604 and histologically, the lesions are fibromas.:605 Knuckle pads are generally non-responsive to treatment, including corticosteroids, and tend to recur after surgery; however, there has been some effectiveness with intralesional fluorouracil.

Specialty: Rheumatology
ICD 9 Code: 728.79
Source: Wikipedia

MS-DRG Mapping

  • DRG Group #557-558 - Tendonitis, myositis and bursitis with MCC.
  • DRG Group #557-558 - Tendonitis, myositis and bursitis without MCC.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M72.1 - Knuckle pads'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M72.1. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Pad, knuckle or Garrod's (M72.1)
Knuckle pad(Garrod's) (M72.1)
Garrod's pad, knuckle (M72.1)

Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

Other fibromatoses of muscle, ligament, and fascia (approximate match)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code M72.1 and a single ICD9 code, 728.79 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.


Parent Code: M72 - Fibroblastic disorders

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