ICD-10-CM Code M65.2
Calcific tendinitis
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code M65.2 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the nine child codes of M65.2 that describes the diagnosis 'calcific tendinitis' in more detail.
- M65.2 Calcific tendinitis NON-BILLABLE
The ICD code M652 is used to code Calcific tendinitis
Calcific tendinitis (also calcific/calcifying/calcified/calcareous tendinitis/tendonitis/tendinopathy, tendinosis calcarea, hydroxyapatite deposition disease (HADD) and calcific periarthritis), a form of tendinitis, is a disorder characterized by deposits of hydroxyapatite (a crystalline calcium phosphate) in any tendon of the body, but most commonly in the tendons of the rotator cuff (shoulder), causing pain and inflammation. The condition is related to and may cause adhesive capsulitis ("frozen shoulder").
| Specialty: | Rheumatology |
| ICD 9 Code: | 727.82 |
Coding Notes for M65.2 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Tendinitis as classified in - instead, use Section M75-M77
- Calcified tendinitis of shoulder - instead, use code M75.3
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M65.2 - Calcific tendinitis'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M65.2. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: M65 - Synovitis and tenosynovitis