M26.36 — Insufficient interocclusal distance of fully erupted teeth (ridge)
M26.36 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for insufficient interocclusal distance of fully erupted teeth (ridge). It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Lack of adequate intermaxillary vertical dimension of fully erupted teeth
Risk adjustment
M26.36 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.
Medicare coverage
M26.36 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 0 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 6 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A58865Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A58893Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59374Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59434Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
How M26.36 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to M26.36.
- Insufficiency, insufficient›interocclusal distance of fully erupted teeth(ridge)
- Lack of›adequate›intermaxillary vertical dimension of fully erupted teeth
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M26.3. If M26.36 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M26.30Unspecified anomaly of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.31Crowding of fully erupted teeth
- M26.32Excessive spacing of fully erupted teeth
- M26.33Horizontal displacement of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.34Vertical displacement of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.35Rotation of fully erupted tooth or teeth
- M26.37Excessive interocclusal distance of fully erupted teeth
- M26.39Other anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teeth
Questions about M26.36
- Is M26.36 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. M26.36 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does M26.36 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).