M66.27

Spontaneous rupture of extensor tendons, ankle and foot

Non-billable header

M66.27 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

rupture that occurs when a normal force is applied to tissues that are inferred to have less than normal strength
Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M66)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M66)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M66)
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M66)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M66)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M66)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M66)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M66)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M66)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M66)
rotator cuff syndrome (M75.1-) (from M66)
rupture where an abnormal force is applied to normal tissue - see injury of tendon by body region (from M66)

M66.271Spontaneous rupture of extensor tendons, right ankle and footBillable
M66.272Spontaneous rupture of extensor tendons, left ankle and footBillable
M66.279Spontaneous rupture of extensor tendons, unspecified ankle and footBillable