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Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 729.31
Hypertrophy of fat pad knee
  • Short description: HYPERTROPHY OF FAT PAD.
  • ICD-9-CM 729.31 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 729.31 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 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 729.31.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 729.31: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 729.31 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M79.4 Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad
Approximate Synonyms
  • Hypertrophy of bilat infrapatellar fat pads
  • Hypertrophy of bilateral infrapatellar fat pads
  • Hypertrophy of fat pad of knee
  • Hypertrophy of infrapatellar fat pad
Applies To
  • Hypertrophy of infrapatellar fat pad
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 729.31:
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • infrapatellar fat pad 729.31
    • popliteal fat pad 729.31
  • Fat
    • localized (pad) 278.1
      • heart (see also Degeneration, myocardial) 429.1
      • knee 729.31
      • retropatellar 729.31
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • infrapatellar fat pad 729.31
    • popliteal fat pad 729.31
  • Hernia, hernial (acquired) (recurrent) 553.9
    • infrapatellar fat pad 729.31
    • popliteal fat pad 729.31
  • Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
    • fat pad 729.30
      • infrapatellar 729.31
      • knee 729.31
      • orbital 374.34
      • popliteal 729.31
      • prepatellar 729.31
      • retropatellar 729.31
      • specified site NEC 729.39
    • infrapatellar fat pad 729.31
    • popliteal fat pad 729.31
  • Panniculitis 729.30
    • knee 729.31
 729.30 ICD9Data.com 729.39 
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