M26.1
M26.1 — Anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationship
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M26.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationship. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M26.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M26.1
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M26. If M26.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M26.0Major anomalies of jaw size
- M26.2Anomalies of dental arch relationship
- M26.3Anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.4Malocclusion, unspecified
- M26.5Dentofacial functional abnormalities
- M26.6Temporomandibular joint disorders
- M26.7Dental alveolar anomalies
- M26.8Other dentofacial anomalies
- M26.9Dentofacial anomaly, unspecified
Questions about M26.1
- Is M26.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M26.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M26.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] and other disorders of jaw (M26-M27).