Shoulder lesion, unspecified

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

M75.90 Shoulder lesion, unspecified, unspecified shoulder
M75.91 Shoulder lesion, unspecified, right shoulder
M75.92 Shoulder lesion, unspecified, left shoulder

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 Shoulder lesion, unspecified

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 M75 Shoulder lesions

Excludes2 - not included here

shoulder-hand syndrome (M89.0-)

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.

Capsulitis
Spur, bone
Periarthritis
Periarthrosis
Peritendinitis
Tendinitis, tendonitis
Enthesopathy > shoulder region
Disease, diseased > aponeuroses
Disorder > muscular > attachments
Disorder > ligamentous attachments
Lesion > shoulder

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M75.0	Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder	Not billable
M75.1	Rotator cuff tear or rupture, not specified as traumatic	Not billable
M75.2	Bicipital tendinitis	Not billable
M75.3	Calcific tendinitis of shoulder	Not billable
M75.4	Impingement syndrome of shoulder	Not billable
M75.5	Bursitis of shoulder	Not billable
M75.8	Other shoulder lesions	Not billable