ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M70-M79 › M76.8 Other specified enthesopathies of... › M76.81
Anterior tibial 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.
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 Anterior tibial 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.
- Capsulitis
- Spur, bone
- Periarthritis
- Periarthrosis
- Peritendinitis
- Sloughing > tendon
- Enthesopathy > knee
- Tendinitis, tendonitis
- Slipped, slipping > tendon
- Disorder > tendon > tendinitis
- Disease, diseased > aponeuroses
- Disorder > muscular > attachments
- Disorder > ligamentous attachments
- Disease, diseased > tendon, tendinous
- Syndrome > anterior > tibial
- Syndrome > tibial > anterior
- Enthesopathy > anterior tibial syndrome
- Tendinitis, tendonitis > tibial > anterior
- Enthesopathy > lower limb > anterior tibial syndrome
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M76.82 | Posterior tibial tendinitis | Not billable |
| M76.89 | Other specified enthesopathies of lower limb, excluding foot | Not billable |