ICD-10-CM Code M67.969
Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, unspecified lower leg
Billable Code
Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.M67.969 is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, unspecified lower leg. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
The ICD code M679 is used to code Tendinosis
Tendinosis, sometimes called chronic tendinitis, chronic tendinopathy, or chronic tendon injury, is damage to a tendon at a cellular level (the suffix "osis" implies a pathology of chronic degeneration without inflammation). It is thought to be caused by microtears in the connective tissue in and around the tendon, leading to an increase in tendon repair cells. This may lead to reduced tensile strength, thus increasing the chance of tendon rupture. Tendinosis is often misdiagnosed as tendinitis due to the limited understanding of tendinopathies by the medical community. Classical characteristics of "tendinosis" include degenerative changes in the collagenous matrix, hypercellularity, hypervascularity, and a lack of inflammatory cells which has challenged the original misnomer "tendinitis".
Specialty: | Rheumatology |
MeSH Code: | D052256 |
MS-DRG Mapping
- DRG Group #557-558 - Tendonitis, myositis and bursitis with MCC.
- DRG Group #557-558 - Tendonitis, myositis and bursitis without MCC.
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Consider laterality specification
Equivalent ICD-9 Code GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)
This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code M67.969 and a single ICD9 code, 727.9 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.
Parent Code: M67.96 - Unspecified disorder of synovium and tendon, lower leg