ICD-10-CM Code M76.8
Other specified enthesopathies of lower limb, excluding foot
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
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 M76.8 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of M76.8 that describes the diagnosis 'other specified enthesopathies of lower limb, excluding foot' in more detail.
The ICD code M76 is used to code Enthesopathy
In medicine, an enthesopathy refers to a disorder involving the attachment of a tendon or ligament to a bone. This site of attachment is known as the entheses.
Specialty: | Rheumatology |
MeSH Code: | D012216 |
ICD 9 Code: | 726 |
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Fifth character required to further specify the site
Parent Code: M76 - Enthesopathies, lower limb, excluding foot