M12.59
Traumatic arthropathy, multiple sites
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 18 never code together
M12.5code
Excludes1
- current injury-see Alphabetic Index
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of first carpometacarpal joint (M18.2-M18.3)M18.2-M18.3
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of hip (M16.4-M16.5)M16.4-M16.5
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of knee (M17.2-M17.3)M17.2-M17.3
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis NOS (M19.1-)M19.1-
- post-traumatic osteoarthritis of other single joints (M19.1-)M19.1-
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
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M12.5
M12.50 Traumatic arthropathy, unspecified site M12.51 Traumatic arthropathy, shoulder category M12.52 Traumatic arthropathy, elbow category M12.53 Traumatic arthropathy, wrist category M12.54 Traumatic arthropathy, hand category M12.55 Traumatic arthropathy, hip category M12.56 Traumatic arthropathy, knee category M12.57 Traumatic arthropathy, ankle and foot category M12.58 Traumatic arthropathy, other specified site
Additional references
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