M67.26
M67.26 — Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M67.26 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M67.26 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 M67.26
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M67.2. If M67.26 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M67.20Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site
- M67.21Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder
- M67.22Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper arm
- M67.23Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearm
- M67.24Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand
- M67.25Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, thigh
- M67.27Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot
- M67.28Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, other site
- M67.29Synovial hypertrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites
Questions about M67.26
- Is M67.26 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M67.26 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M67.26 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).