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M76

Enthesopathies, lower limb, excluding foot

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • M76.0 Gluteal tendinitis (also a header)
  • M76.1 Psoas tendinitis (also a header)
  • M76.2 Iliac crest spur (also a header)
  • M76.3 Iliotibial band syndrome (also a header)
  • M76.4 Tibial collateral bursitis [Pellegrini-Stieda] (also a header)
  • M76.5 Patellar tendinitis (also a header)
  • M76.6 Achilles tendinitis (also a header)
  • M76.7 Peroneal tendinitis (also a header)
  • M76.8 Other specified enthesopathies of lower limb, excluding foot (also a header)
  • M76.9 Unspecified enthesopathy, lower limb, excluding foot

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Enthesopathies, lower limb, excluding foot

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.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • bursitis due to use, overuse and pressure (M70.-)
  • enthesopathies of ankle and foot (M77.5-)