Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

M10

M10.2 Drug-induced gout

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Codes under this one

  • M10.20 Drug-induced gout, unspecified site
  • M10.21 Drug-induced gout, shoulderHeader
  • M10.22 Drug-induced gout, elbowHeader
  • M10.23 Drug-induced gout, wristHeader
  • M10.24 Drug-induced gout, handHeader
  • M10.25 Drug-induced gout, hipHeader
  • M10.26 Drug-induced gout, kneeHeader
  • M10.27 Drug-induced gout, ankle and footHeader
  • M10.28 Drug-induced gout, vertebrae
  • M10.29 Drug-induced gout, multiple sites

Instructional notes

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Section M00-M25

Includes
  • Disorders affecting predominantly peripheral (limb) joints

M10

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
Use additional codeAdd a second code for the full picture.
  • code to identify:
  • Autonomic neuropathy in diseases classified elsewhere (G99.0)
  • Calculus of urinary tract in diseases classified elsewhere (N22)
  • Cardiomyopathy in diseases classified elsewhere (I43)
  • Disorders of external ear in diseases classified elsewhere (H61.1-, H62.8-)
  • Disorders of iris and ciliary body in diseases classified elsewhere (H22)
  • Glomerular disorders in diseases classified elsewhere (N08)
Inclusion terms
  • Acute gout
  • Gout attack
  • Gout flare
  • Podagra

This code

Use additional codeAdd a second code for the full picture.
  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M00-M25 Arthropathies (M00-M25)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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