M1A.44
Other secondary chronic gout, hand
M1A.44 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for other secondary chronic gout, hand. 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.441 Other secondary chronic gout, right hand; M1A.442 Other secondary chronic gout, left hand and M1A.449 Other secondary chronic gout, unspecified hand. Its coding notes include a Code first instruction, 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)
Code first
If the underlying condition listed here is present and known, sequence it first.
- associated condition
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
- 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.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
- 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)
- 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. 1 entry