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ICD-10-CM Code for Other shoulder lesions, right shoulder M75.81

ICD-10 code M75.81 for Other shoulder lesions, right shoulder is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Soft tissue disorders .

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Other shoulder lesions, right shoulder

M75

Excludes2: shoulder-hand syndrome (M89.0-)

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I have a patient with two postoperative diagnosis (1. Right Shoulder high-grade partial thickness rotator cuff tear; 2. Glenohumeral osteoarthritis). Had three procedures done: (1. SHOULDER ARTHRO... [ Read More ]
Including pain code in dx
If the dx's on an Office Visit dictation includes a pain code along with the other dx's do you code the pain code too? For example: Diagnosis Pain, right shoulder. Right shoulder impingement Arthriti... [ Read More ]
Tears: S Codes vs M Codes
When I attended the GAOE Orthopedic coding conference, this question was asked and this is what the speaker told us. If there is no reference to degenerative/fraying/chronic/old tear and the document... [ Read More ]
Generic R or L Shoulder Tendonitis Help
Good afternoon! I do coding for an urgent care facility and a small practice. Both seem to have their dx of "R shoulder tenonitis" or "L shoulder tendonitis". It is always vague. Should I use code... [ Read More ]
Shoulder impingement
Maybe acute (M25.81_) versus chronic (M75.4_)? :confused:... [ Read More ]
Shoulder impingement
I'm curious- what is the difference between shoulder impingement and shoulder impingement syndrome? They code to M25.81_ and M75.4_. I've never seen my providers call the impingement a 'syndrome'. Tho... [ Read More ]
Modifier 51
[b]Multiple injections[/b] I currently work at a busy Orthopedic office. At our office when multiple injections are done for 3 separate large joints, we typically bill out like: 20610 50 m17.0 20610 ... [ Read More ]
Modifier 51
[b]Mod 59[/b] Hello I would resubmit the claim with Mod 59. The first line item does not require a modifier but the rest of line items do require mod 59. I am assuming the denial reason from Medicare... [ Read More ]
Modifier 51
Our office has received several denials from Medicare when billing multiple injections at the same time. Example: M17.0, M75.42 20610- Rt (M17.0) 20610- Lt (M17.0) 20610- XS-Lt (M75.42) [U]First que... [ Read More ]
icd 10 code for tendinopathy shoulder
[b]ICD 10 for tendinopathy of shoulder[/b] -pathy is defined as: denoting disorder in a particular part of the body. So I look up disorder, then tendon, then shoulder, then unspecified (since you do... [ Read More ]
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