Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 726.4
Enthesopathy of wrist and carpus
  • Short description: Enthesopathy of wrist.
  • ICD-9-CM 726.4 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 726.4 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 726.4.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 726.4: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 726.4 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M70.10 Bursitis, unspecified hand
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M77.20 Periarthritis, unspecified wrist
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bone spur of bilat wrists
  • Bone spur of bilateral wrists
  • Bone spur of L wrist
  • Bone spur of left wrist
  • Bone spur of R wrist
  • Bone spur of right wrist
  • Bone spur of wrist
  • Bursitis of bilat hands
  • Bursitis of bilat wrists
  • Bursitis of bilateral hands
  • Bursitis of bilateral wrists
  • Bursitis of L hand
  • Bursitis of left hand
  • Bursitis of left wrist
  • Bursitis of R hand
  • Bursitis of right hand
  • Bursitis of right wrist
  • Bursitis of wrist
  • Enthesopathy of bilat wrists
  • Enthesopathy of bilateral wrists
  • Enthesopathy of carpus
  • Enthesopathy of left wrist
  • Enthesopathy of right wrist
  • Enthesopathy of wrist
  • Osteophyte of left wrist
  • Osteophyte of right wrist
  • Osteophyte of wrist
  • Periarthritis of bilat wrists
  • Periarthritis of bilateral wrists
  • Periarthritis of L wrist
  • Periarthritis of left wrist
  • Periarthritis of R wrist
  • Periarthritis of right wrist
  • Periarthritis of wrist
Applies To
  • Bursitis of hand or wrist
  • Periarthritis of wrist
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 726.4:
  • Bursitis NEC 727.3
    • hand 726.4
    • wrist 726.4
  • Capsulitis (joint) 726.90
    • wrist 726.4
  • Enthesopathy 726.90
    • wrist and carpus 726.4
  • Exostosis 726.91
    • wrist 726.4
  • Periarthritis (joint) 726.90
    • wrist 726.4
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