ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M70-M79 › M77 Other enthesopathies › M77.1
Lateral epicondylitis
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 Lateral epicondylitis
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 M77 Other enthesopathies
Excludes1 - never coded here
- bursitis NOS (M71.9-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- bursitis due to use, overuse and pressure (M70.-)
- osteophyte (M25.7)
- spinal enthesopathy (M46.0-)
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
- Tennis elbow
- Periarthritis
- Periarthrosis
- Peritendinitis
- Tendinitis, tendonitis
- Disease, diseased > aponeuroses
- Disorder > muscular > attachments
- Disorder > ligamentous attachments
- Enthesopathy > lateral epicondylitis
- Enthesopathy > elbow region > lateral epicondylitis
- Epicondylitis > lateral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M77.0 | Medial epicondylitis | Not billable |
| M77.2 | Periarthritis of wrist | Not billable |
| M77.3 | Calcaneal spur | Not billable |
| M77.4 | Metatarsalgia | Not billable |
| M77.5 | Other enthesopathy of foot and ankle | Not billable |
| M77.8 | Other enthesopathies, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| M77.9 | Enthesopathy, unspecified | Valid |