Orthopedic Coding Alert
Reader Questions:
Don’t Confuse Dupuytren Contracture With This Common Dx
Published on Mon May 09, 2022
Question: Encounter notes indicate that the patient suffered from Dupuytren contracture. Is this a synonym for plantar fasciitis?
California Subscriber
Answer: No, you’d report M72.0 for this patient’s condition.
Plantar fasciitis is a listed synonym for plantar fascial fibromatosis, which you’d report with M72.2 (Plantar fascial fibromatosis)
Fibroplastic disorder breakdown: Here’s a list of the codes (and their synonyms) that you’ll use when choosing among the M72.- (Fibroblastic disorders) cohort:
- M72.0
- M72.1 (Knuckle pads)
- M72.2
- M72.4 (Pseudosarcomatous fibromatosis) Nodular fasciitis
- M72.6 (Necrotizing fasciitis)
- M72.8 (Other fibroblastic disorders) Abscess of fascia Fasciitis NEC Other infective fasciitis
- M72.9 (Fibroblastic disorder, unspecified) Fasciitis NOS Fibromatosis NOS.
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