M94.2
M94.2: Chondromalacia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M94.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chondromalacia. 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.
- chondromalacia patellae (M22.4)
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 M94.2
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M94.20Chondromalacia, unspecified site
- M94.21Chondromalacia, shoulder
- M94.22Chondromalacia, elbow
- M94.23Chondromalacia, wrist
- M94.24Chondromalacia, joints of hand
- M94.25Chondromalacia, hip
- M94.26Chondromalacia, knee
- M94.27Chondromalacia, ankle and joints of foot
- M94.28Chondromalacia, other site
- M94.29Chondromalacia, multiple sites