Instruction Source: M66.339
Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, unspecified forearm
Instruction Source: M66.33
Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, forearm
Instruction Source: M66.3
Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons
Instruction Source: M66
Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- rotator cuff syndrome (M75.1-)
- rupture where an abnormal force is applied to normal tissue - see injury of tendon by body region
Inclusion Terms
- rupture that occurs when a normal force is applied to tissues that are inferred to have less than normal strength
Instruction Source: M65-M67
Disorders of synovium and tendon (M65-M67)
Instruction Source: M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- 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)
Clinical Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition