M67.3
Transient synovitis
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
M67code
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 6 same parent — M67
Subordinate codes 10
M67.30 Transient synovitis, unspecified site M67.31 Transient synovitis, shoulder M67.32 Transient synovitis, elbow M67.33 Transient synovitis, wrist M67.34 Transient synovitis, hand M67.35 Transient synovitis, hip M67.36 Transient synovitis, knee M67.37 Transient synovitis, ankle and foot M67.38 Transient synovitis, other site M67.39 Transient synovitis, multiple sites
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