M14.679
Charcot's joint, unspecified ankle and foot
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 2 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 22 never code together
M14code
Excludes1
- arthropathy in:
- diabetes mellitus (E08-E13 with .61-)E08-E13
- hematological disorders (M36.2-M36.3)M36.2-M36.3
- hypersensitivity reactions (M36.4)M36.4
- neoplastic disease (M36.1)M36.1
- neurosyphillis (A52.16)A52.16
- sarcoidosis (D86.86)D86.86
- enteropathic arthropathies (M07.-)M07.-
- juvenile psoriatic arthropathy (L40.54)L40.54
- lipoid dermatoarthritis (E78.81)E78.81
M14.6code
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 3
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 2 same parent — M14.67
Additional references
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