M25.17

Fistula, ankle and foot

Non-billable header

M25.17 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from M25)

  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M25)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M25)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M25)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M25)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M25)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M25)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M25)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M25)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M25)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M25)
  • joints of the spine (M40-M54) (from M25)
  • abnormality of gait and mobility (R26.-) (from M25)
  • acquired deformities of limb (M20-M21) (from M25)
  • calcification of bursa (M71.4-) (from M25)
  • calcification of shoulder (joint) (M75.3) (from M25)
  • calcification of tendon (M65.2-) (from M25)
  • difficulty in walking (R26.2) (from M25)
  • temporomandibular joint disorder (M26.6-) (from M25)

Also known as

  • Fistula, joint, ankle
  • Fistula, joint, foot joint

Parent code

  • M25.1Fistula of jointHeader

More specific codes M25.17

  • M25.171Fistula, right ankleBillable
  • M25.172Fistula, left ankleBillable
  • M25.173Fistula, unspecified ankleBillable
  • M25.174Fistula, right footBillable
  • M25.175Fistula, left footBillable
  • M25.176Fistula, unspecified footBillable

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