M1A.07

Idiopathic chronic gout, ankle and foot

FY2027Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue/M05–M14 Inflammatory polyarthropathies

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

M1A.07 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for idiopathic chronic gout, ankle and foot. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M1A.071 Idiopathic chronic gout, right ankle and foot; M1A.072 Idiopathic chronic gout, left ankle and foot and M1A.079 Idiopathic chronic gout, unspecified ankle and foot. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 11 Excludes2 entries.

7th characters

Every code below needs one of these (defined at M1A).

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category M1A

  • 0without tophus (tophi)
  • 1with tophus (tophi)

Use additional code

Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.

Inherited from M1A Chronic gout
  • 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)

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from M1A Chronic gout

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Inherited from M1A Chronic gout
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • 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

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Alphabetic Index terms

Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 2 entries

More specific codes under M1A.07 3