M76.6
M76.6 — Achilles tendinitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M76.6 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for achilles tendinitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Achilles bursitis
Risk adjustment
M76.6 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 M76.6
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M76. If M76.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M76.0Gluteal tendinitis
- M76.1Psoas tendinitis
- M76.2Iliac crest spur
- M76.3Iliotibial band syndrome
- M76.4Tibial collateral bursitis [Pellegrini-Stieda]
- M76.5Patellar tendinitis
- M76.7Peroneal tendinitis
- M76.8Other specified enthesopathies of lower limb, excluding foot
- M76.9Unspecified enthesopathy, lower limb, excluding foot
Questions about M76.6
- Is M76.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M76.6 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M76.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79).