Orthopedic Coding:
Consider Alternate Terms For This Synovitis Dx
Published on Mon Jan 06, 2025
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the surgeon treated a patient with “synovitis, toxic/wrist.” I cannot find an ICD-10 code to match this condition. Can you help? Texas Subscriber Answer: You’re not going to find toxic synovitis in any of the descriptors for the code you’ll use. That’s because toxic synovitis is listed as an alternate term for the code set [...]
