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Use codes M25.561 (ICD 10 code for Right knee pain) and M25.562 (ICD 10 code for Left knee pain) for bilateral knee pain as there is no particular code for bilateral pain.
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ICD 10 code for knee pain can be searched in ICD-10 CM manual index by 2 ways, search for pain- knee or pain-joint-knee. ICD 10 Code for knee pain is found in chapter 13 of ICD-10 CM manual – diseases of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, code range M00 – M99 ICD 10 Code for Knee Pain and guidelines: There may be need of radiological tests (X-ray, CT, MRI, ultrasound) or arthrocentesis (lab analysis of knee joint fluid) for further evaluation to check for infections or injury to tendon or ligament. Physician will do extremity examination to check if there is any swelling, inflammation or injury. Mentioned below are few reasons for knee pain: We need to visit doctor as per the severity and as per how long the pain lasts. Sometimes there may be swelling and redness depends on the cause. The reasons for pain can vary such as injury, overuse, infection and inflammation. Knee pain can be mild, moderate or severe. Tendons (flexible connective tissue) and ligaments (inelastic collagen tissue) help joining these bones and make the knee joint. Knee is one of the biggest joint in body which joints thigh bone (femur) and lower leg joint (tibia). Anyone can get knee pain regardless of age. We are all very familiar with the term knee pain. In this article will study on ICD 10 Code for Knee Pain, Bilateral Knee Pain (ICD 10 Code for Left Knee Pain, ICD 10 Code for right Knee pain) and its coding guidelines along with examples.