Billable Medical Code for Other Bone Cyst
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 733.29
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 733.29.
The Short Description Is: Bone cyst NEC.
Known As
Finger Cyst is also known as camptomelic dysplasia, cyst of finger, fibrous cortical defect, monostotic fibrous dysplasia of left ankle and foot, monostotic fibrous dysplasia of left forearm,
monostotic fibrous dysplasia of left hand, monostotic fibrous dysplasia of left lower leg, osteodysplastic dysplasia type I, osteodysplastic dysplasia type II, osteoglophonic dysplasia,
osteoplastic dysplasia, singleton-Merten syndrome, and worth disease. This excludes cyst of jaw (526.0-526.2, 526.89), osteitis fibrosa cystica (252.01), polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of bone (756.54). This applies to fibrous dysplasia (monostotic).
Finger Cyst Definition and Symptoms
A finger cyst is a sac filled with fluid that attaches to the membrane that surrounds a tendon or joint lining. The most common place for these to occur are the wrist, hand, fingers, and feet. The cause of these cysts are unknown. Symptoms include a protruding lump underneath the skin that slowly gets larger with use of the joint.