ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M65-M67 › M65.2 Calcific tendinitis › M65.26
Calcific tendinitis, lower leg
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Calcific tendinitis, lower leg
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 M65 Synovitis and tenosynovitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- chronic crepitant synovitis of hand and wrist (M70.0-)
- current injury - see injury of ligament or tendon by body region
- soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure (M70.-)
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.
- Sloughing > tendon
- Slipped, slipping > tendon
- Disorder > tendon > tendinitis
- Disease, diseased > tendon, tendinous
- Calcification > tendon > with bursitis, synovitis or tenosynovitis
- Tendinitis, tendonitis > calcific > lower leg
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M65.20 | Calcific tendinitis, unspecified site | Valid |
| M65.22 | Calcific tendinitis, upper arm | Not billable |
| M65.23 | Calcific tendinitis, forearm | Not billable |
| M65.24 | Calcific tendinitis, hand | Not billable |
| M65.25 | Calcific tendinitis, thigh | Not billable |
| M65.27 | Calcific tendinitis, ankle and foot | Not billable |
| M65.28 | Calcific tendinitis, other site | Valid |
| M65.29 | Calcific tendinitis, multiple sites | Valid |