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M77.4

M77.4: Metatarsalgia

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M77.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for metatarsalgia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • Morton's metatarsalgia (G57.6)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M77.4

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M77: Other enthesopathies

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M77.4

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on M77: Other enthesopathies

  • bursitis due to use, overuse and pressure (M70.-)
  • osteophyte (M25.7)
  • spinal enthesopathy (M46.0-)

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 M77.4

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M77

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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