M66.8
M66.8 — Spontaneous rupture of other tendons
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M66.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for spontaneous rupture of other tendons. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M66.8 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 M66.8
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M66.80Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, unspecified site
- M66.81Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, shoulder
- M66.82Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, upper arm
- M66.83Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, forearm
- M66.84Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, hand
- M66.85Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, thigh
- M66.86Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, lower leg
- M66.87Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, ankle and foot
- M66.88Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, other sites
- M66.89Spontaneous rupture of other tendons, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M66. If M66.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M66.8
- Is M66.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M66.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M66.8 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).