ICD-10-CM code "M66": Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon (2024)

Overview

ICD-10 CodeM66
DescriptionSpontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon
Hierarchy
  1. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
  2. Disorders of synovium and tendon (M65-M67)
  3. Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon (M66)
Billable statusNon billable code

Excludes

  1. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

    Type 2arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)

    Type 2certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)

    Type 2certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)

    Type 2compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)

    Type 2complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)

    Type 2congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)

    Type 2endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)

    Type 2injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

    Type 2neoplasms (C00-D49)

    Type 2symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

  2. Disorders of synovium and tendon (M65-M67)
  3. Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon (M66)

    Type 2rotator cuff syndrome (M75.1-)

    Type 2rupture where an abnormal force is applied to normal tissue - see injury of tendon by body region

Includes

  1. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
  2. Disorders of synovium and tendon (M65-M67)
  3. Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon (M66)

    Includesrupture that occurs when a normal force is applied to tissues that are inferred to have less than normal strength