M65.2 — Calcific tendinitis
Is M65.2 billable?
No — M65.2 is a non-billable header code. M65.2 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 21 billable codes beneath M65.2.
Billable codes under this header
- M65.20Calcific tendinitis, unspecified site
- M65.28Calcific tendinitis, other site
- M65.29Calcific tendinitis, multiple sites
- M65.221Calcific tendinitis, right upper arm
- M65.222Calcific tendinitis, left upper arm
- M65.229Calcific tendinitis, unspecified upper arm
- M65.231Calcific tendinitis, right forearm
- M65.232Calcific tendinitis, left forearm
- M65.239Calcific tendinitis, unspecified forearm
- M65.241Calcific tendinitis, right hand
- M65.242Calcific tendinitis, left hand
- M65.249Calcific tendinitis, unspecified hand
- M65.251Calcific tendinitis, right thigh
- M65.252Calcific tendinitis, left thigh
- M65.259Calcific tendinitis, unspecified thigh
- M65.261Calcific tendinitis, right lower leg
- M65.262Calcific tendinitis, left lower leg
- M65.269Calcific tendinitis, unspecified lower leg
- M65.271Calcific tendinitis, right ankle and foot
- M65.272Calcific tendinitis, left ankle and foot
- M65.279Calcific tendinitis, unspecified ankle and foot
M65.2 at a glance
| Code | M65.2 |
|---|---|
| Description | Calcific tendinitis |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is M65.2 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M65.2. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Tendinitis, tendonitis › calcific
Excludes1 — never code together
The conditions below can never be reported together with M65.2 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M65
The conditions below can never be reported together with M65.2 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 M65.2, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M65.2 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 M65.2? (9)
- M65.20Calcific tendinitis, unspecified site
- M65.22Calcific tendinitis, upper armnot billable
- M65.23Calcific tendinitis, forearmnot billable
- M65.24Calcific tendinitis, handnot billable
- M65.25Calcific tendinitis, thighnot billable
- M65.26Calcific tendinitis, lower legnot billable
- M65.27Calcific tendinitis, ankle and footnot billable
- M65.28Calcific tendinitis, other site
- M65.29Calcific tendinitis, multiple sites
How long has M65.2 existed?
M65.2 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.
Which codes are confused with M65.2?
ICD-10-CM declares these codes mutually exclusive with M65.2 — exactly one of each pair can be correct for a given encounter.