ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M26-M27 › M26.6 Temporomandibular joint disorders › M26.69
Other specified disorders of 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 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified disorders of 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
- Malfunction
- Rudimentary
- Undescended
- Malformation
- Triplication
- Tenosynovitis
- Transposition
- Birth > defect
- Change > joint
- Lesion > joint
- Maldevelopment
- Injury > axilla
- Mushrooming hip
- Septum, septate
- Union, abnormal
- Sprain > scapula
- Change > hip joint
- Imperfect > fusion
- Vestige, vestigial
- Avulsion > ligament
- Division > ligament
- Duplication, duplex
Showing 40 of 158 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M26.60 | Temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified | Not billable |
| M26.61 | Adhesions and ankylosis of temporomandibular joint | Not billable |
| M26.62 | Arthralgia of temporomandibular joint | Not billable |
| M26.63 | Articular disc disorder of temporomandibular joint | Not billable |
| M26.64 | Arthritis of temporomandibular joint | Not billable |
| M26.65 | Arthropathy of temporomandibular joint | Not billable |