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Can someone lead me in the right direction to figure out the code for rotator cuff tendinitis? My surgeons document this a lot and I cannot find an exact code for this.
I did. It just didn't seem right so I was double checking with people who perhaps had billed this code more than I had. I am not sure how inflammation in the tendon of the rotator cuff turns into a lesion.Did you go to your ICD-10 index? Tendinitis>(see also Enthesopathy)>Enthesopathy, shoulder region - See Lesion, shoulder>Lesion, shoulder (region) M75.9_ or M75.8_ (depending on documentation),
I've worked for ortho surgeons for 5 years and am familiar with rotator cuff tendinitis. We use AAPC ICD-10-CM. Give a look at page 804 in the 2023 version. Common pathologies - Rotator Cuff Tendinitis .... 'also known as impingement syndrome'.I did. It just didn't seem right so I was double checking with people who perhaps had billed this code more than I had. I am not sure how inflammation in the tendon of the rotator cuff turns into a lesion.
If you look up lesion it isn't necessarily just something such as a tumor or cancer related. It is damage to tissue. In this case the soft tissue (tendon/muscle) of the rotator cuff.I did. It just didn't seem right so I was double checking with people who perhaps had billed this code more than I had. I am not sure how inflammation in the tendon of the rotator cuff turns into a lesion.
Impingement syndrome and rotator cuff tendinitis are not the same thing. They commonly happen together and most times go hand in hand, but they are not the same thing. M75.4_ is not correct for rotator cuff tendinitis. If it was, the index would direct you there instead of M75.9_ or M75.8_.I've worked for ortho surgeons for 5 years and am familiar with rotator cuff tendinitis. We use AAPC ICD-10-CM. Give a look at page 804 in the 2023 version. Common pathologies - Rotator Cuff Tendinitis .... 'also known as impingement syndrome'.
We use M75.41 / M75.42.