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M26.612
Adhesions and ankylosis of left temporomandibular joint
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.
- FY2017 Added to the code set Adhesions and ankylosis of left temporomandibular joint
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from the M26-M27 section Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] and other disorders of jaw (M26-M27)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- hemifacial atrophy or hypertrophy (Q67.4)
- unilateral condylar hyperplasia or hypoplasia (M27.8)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Cleft
- Extra
- Fused
- Patent
- Trifid
- Triple
- Window
- Aplasia
- Aberrant
- Patulous
- Abnormity
- Asymmetry
- Dysplasia
- Additional
- Lobulation
- Nonclosure
- Nondescent
- Fold, folds
- Rudimentary
- Undescended
- Malformation
- Triplication
- Transposition
- Birth > defect
- Change > joint
- Maldevelopment
- Mushrooming hip
- Septum, septate
- Union, abnormal
- Fixation > joint
- Change > hip joint
- Imperfect > fusion
- Vestige, vestigial
- Bony block of joint
- Duplication, duplex
- Lesion > congenital
- Pervious, congenital
- Arthrofibrosis, joint
- Elongated, elongation
- Fusion, fused > joint
Showing 40 of 120 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M26.611 | Adhesions and ankylosis of right temporomandibular joint | Valid |
| M26.613 | Adhesions and ankylosis of bilateral temporomandibular joint | Valid |
| M26.619 | Adhesions and ankylosis of temporomandibular joint, unspecified side | Valid |