M65.2

M65.2: Calcific tendinitis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M65.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for calcific tendinitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

tendinitis as classified in M75-M77
calcified tendinitis of shoulder (M75.3)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M65.2

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M65: Synovitis and tenosynovitis

chronic crepitant synovitis of hand and wrist (M70.0-)
current injury - see injury of ligament or tendon by body region
soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure (M70.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with M65.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

M61.4Other calcification of muscle

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M65.2

9 child codes. Green means billable.