Valid for Submission
M21.969 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified acquired deformity of unspecified lower leg. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code M21.969 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like acquired deformity of ankle, acquired deformity of ankle and/or foot, acquired deformity of calcaneus, acquired deformity of foot, acquired deformity of joint of foot, acquired deformity of knee, etc
| ICD-10: | M21.969 |
| Short Description: | Unspecified acquired deformity of unspecified lower leg |
| Long Description: | Unspecified acquired deformity of unspecified lower leg |
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Acquired deformity of ankle
- Acquired deformity of ankle AND/OR foot
- Acquired deformity of calcaneus
- Acquired deformity of foot
- Acquired deformity of joint of foot
- Acquired deformity of knee
- Acquired deformity of knee joint
- Acquired deformity of lower leg
- Angulation deformity of lower leg
- Angulation deformity of lower limb
- Ankle joint deformity
- Deformity of calcaneum
- Deformity of fibula
- Deformity of foot
- Deformity of knee joint
- Deformity of lower leg
- Deformity of lower limb
- Deformity of talus
- Deformity of tibia
- Foot abnormality - non-diabetes
- Foot joint deformity
- Loss of protective sensation of foot with deformity
- Loss of protective sensation of skin
- Loss of protective sensation of skin of foot
Diagnostic Related Groups
The ICD-10 code M21.969 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V37.0 What are Diagnostic Related Groups?
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). applicable from 10/01/2019 through 09/30/2020.
- 564 - OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DIAGNOSES WITH MCC
- 565 - OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DIAGNOSES WITH CC
- 566 - OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE DIAGNOSES WITHOUT CC/MCC
Convert M21.969 to ICD-9
- 736.70 - Acq ankle-foot def NOS (Approximate Flag)
- 736.89 - Oth acq limb deformity (Approximate Flag)
Code Classification
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set) - FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020