M12.2
Header — not billableVillonodular synovitis (pigmented)
The ICD-10 code for villonodular synovitis (pigmented) is M12.2.
M12.2 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 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.
Child codes under M12.2
- M12.20Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), unspecified site
- M12.21Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), shouldernon-billable header
- M12.22Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), elbownon-billable header
- M12.23Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), wristnon-billable header
- M12.24Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), handnon-billable header
- M12.25Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), hipnon-billable header
- M12.26Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), kneenon-billable header
- M12.27Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), ankle and footnon-billable header
- M12.28Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), other specified site
- M12.29Villonodular synovitis (pigmented), multiple sites
Related codes in this category
- M12.0Chronic postrheumatic arthropathy [Jaccoud]non-billable header
- M12.1Kaschin-Beck diseasenon-billable header
- M12.3Palindromic rheumatismnon-billable header
- M12.4Intermittent hydrarthrosisnon-billable header
- M12.5Traumatic arthropathynon-billable header
- M12.8Other specific arthropathies, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M12.9Arthropathy, unspecified
- M12.2Villonodular synovitis (pigmented)non-billable header