M12.47
Intermittent hydrarthrosis, ankle and foot
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 12 never code together
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 2
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M12.4
M12.40 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, unspecified site M12.41 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, shoulder category M12.42 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, elbow category M12.43 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, wrist category M12.44 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, hand category M12.45 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, hip category M12.46 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, knee category M12.48 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, other site M12.49 Intermittent hydrarthrosis, multiple sites
Subordinate codes 3
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