E06.2
E06.2: Chronic thyroiditis with transient thyrotoxicosis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
E06.2 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic thyroiditis with transient thyrotoxicosis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check E06.2 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- autoimmune thyroiditis (E06.3)
Other codes that can never be billed with E06.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E05Thyrotoxicosis [hyperthyroidism]
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
E06.2 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
- A57657Billing and Coding: Sedimentation Rate, Erythrocyte
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Thyrotoxicosis›transient with chronic thyroiditis
- Thyroiditis›chronic›with thyrotoxicosis, transient
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.