M26.6 — Temporomandibular joint disorders
Is M26.6 billable?
No — M26.6 is a non-billable header code. M26.6 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 25 billable codes beneath M26.6.
Billable codes under this header
- M26.69Other specified disorders of temporomandibular joint
- M26.601Right temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified
- M26.602Left temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified
- M26.603Bilateral temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified
- M26.609Unspecified temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecified side
- M26.611Adhesions and ankylosis of right temporomandibular joint
- M26.612Adhesions and ankylosis of left temporomandibular joint
- M26.613Adhesions and ankylosis of bilateral temporomandibular joint
- M26.619Adhesions and ankylosis of temporomandibular joint, unspecified side
- M26.621Arthralgia of right temporomandibular joint
- M26.622Arthralgia of left temporomandibular joint
- M26.623Arthralgia of bilateral temporomandibular joint
- M26.629Arthralgia of temporomandibular joint, unspecified side
- M26.631Articular disc disorder of right temporomandibular joint
- M26.632Articular disc disorder of left temporomandibular joint
- M26.633Articular disc disorder of bilateral temporomandibular joint
- M26.639Articular disc disorder of temporomandibular joint, unspecified side
- M26.641Arthritis of right temporomandibular joint
- M26.642Arthritis of left temporomandibular joint
- M26.643Arthritis of bilateral temporomandibular joint
- M26.649Arthritis of unspecified temporomandibular joint
- M26.651Arthropathy of right temporomandibular joint
- M26.652Arthropathy of left temporomandibular joint
- M26.653Arthropathy of bilateral temporomandibular joint
- M26.659Arthropathy of unspecified temporomandibular joint
M26.6 at a glance
| Code | M26.6 |
|---|---|
| Description | Temporomandibular joint disorders |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Excludes2 — not included here
The conditions below are not part of M26.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M26.6 and the excluded code may both be reported.
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M26-M27
The conditions below can never be reported together with M26.6 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M26.6, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M26.6 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
What codes fall under M26.6? (7)
- M26.60Temporomandibular joint disorder, unspecifiednot billable
- M26.61Adhesions and ankylosis of temporomandibular jointnot billable
- M26.62Arthralgia of temporomandibular jointnot billable
- M26.63Articular disc disorder of temporomandibular jointnot billable
- M26.64Arthritis of temporomandibular jointnot billable
- M26.65Arthropathy of temporomandibular jointnot billable
- M26.69Other specified disorders of temporomandibular joint
How long has M26.6 existed?
M26.6 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the M26 family? (9)
- M26.0Major anomalies of jaw sizenot billable
- M26.1Anomalies of jaw-cranial base relationshipnot billable
- M26.2Anomalies of dental arch relationshipnot billable
- M26.3Anomalies of tooth position of fully erupted tooth or teethnot billable
- M26.4Malocclusion, unspecified
- M26.5Dentofacial functional abnormalitiesnot billable
- M26.7Dental alveolar anomaliesnot billable
- M26.8Other dentofacial anomaliesnot billable
- M26.9Dentofacial anomaly, unspecified