M65.25

M65.25: Calcific tendinitis, thigh

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M65.25 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for calcific tendinitis, thigh. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M65.25

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M65.2: Calcific tendinitis

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

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.-)

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 M65.25

3 child codes. Green means billable.

M65.251Calcific tendinitis, right thigh
M65.252Calcific tendinitis, left thigh
M65.259Calcific tendinitis, unspecified thigh

Other codes under M65.2

M65.20Calcific tendinitis, unspecified site
M65.22Calcific tendinitis, upper arm
M65.23Calcific tendinitis, forearm
M65.24Calcific tendinitis, hand
M65.26Calcific tendinitis, lower leg
M65.27Calcific tendinitis, ankle and foot
M65.28Calcific tendinitis, other site
M65.29Calcific tendinitis, multiple sites