M66.3
M66.3 — Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M66.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M66.3 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 M66.3
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M66.30Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, unspecified site
- M66.31Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, shoulder
- M66.32Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, upper arm
- M66.33Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, forearm
- M66.34Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, hand
- M66.35Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, thigh
- M66.36Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, lower leg
- M66.37Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, ankle and foot
- M66.38Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, other site
- M66.39Spontaneous rupture of flexor tendons, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M66. If M66.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M66.3
- Is M66.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M66.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M66.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of synovium and tendon (M65-M67).