E06.5

E06.5: Other chronic thyroiditis

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E06.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other chronic thyroiditis. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Chronic fibrous thyroiditis
Chronic thyroiditis NOS
Ligneous thyroiditis
Riedel thyroiditis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E06.5

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E06: Thyroiditis

postpartum thyroiditis (O90.5)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E06.5 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

Ligneous thyroiditis
Riedel's›struma, thyroiditis or disease
Struma›Riedel's
Thyroiditis›chronic(nonspecific) (sclerosing)
Thyroiditis›fibrous(chronic)
Thyroiditis›ligneous
Thyroiditis›Riedel's
Thyroiditis›woody
Thyroiditis›chronic›fibrous

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.