ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M70-M79 › M76 Enthesopathies, lower limb, excluding foot › M76.3

M76.3

Iliotibial band syndrome

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:

  • M76.30 Iliotibial band syndrome, unspecified leg
  • M76.31 Iliotibial band syndrome, right leg
  • M76.32 Iliotibial band syndrome, left leg

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 Iliotibial band syndrome

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 M76 Enthesopathies, lower limb, excluding foot

Excludes2 - not included here

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

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M76.0 Gluteal tendinitis Not billable
M76.1 Psoas tendinitis Not billable
M76.2 Iliac crest spur Not billable
M76.4 Tibial collateral bursitis [Pellegrini-Stieda] Not billable
M76.5 Patellar tendinitis Not billable
M76.6 Achilles tendinitis Not billable
M76.7 Peroneal tendinitis Not billable
M76.8 Other specified enthesopathies of lower limb, excluding foot Not billable
M76.9 Unspecified enthesopathy, lower limb, excluding foot Valid