M94.21

M94.21: Chondromalacia, shoulder

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M94.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for chondromalacia, shoulder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M94.21

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M94.2: Chondromalacia

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 M94.21

3 child codes. Green means billable.

M94.211Chondromalacia, right shoulder
M94.212Chondromalacia, left shoulder
M94.219Chondromalacia, unspecified shoulder

Other codes under M94.2

M94.20Chondromalacia, unspecified site
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