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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 726.60
Enthesopathy of knee, unspecified
  • Short description: Enthesopathy of knee NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 726.60 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 726.60 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 726.60.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 726.60: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 726.60 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M70.50 Other bursitis of knee, unspecified knee
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bilateral patellar bursitis
  • Bursitis of bilat knees
  • Bursitis of bilat patellar bursa
  • Bursitis of bilateral knees
  • Bursitis of bilateral patellar bursa
  • Bursitis of knee
  • Bursitis of left knee
  • Bursitis of right knee
  • Enthesopathy of bilat knees
  • Enthesopathy of bilateral knees
  • Enthesopathy of knee
  • Enthesopathy of left knee
  • Enthesopathy of right knee
  • L tibial collateral ligament bursitis
  • Left Pellegrini Stieda tibial collateral bursitis
  • Left tibial collateral ligament bursitis
  • Pellegrini-Stieda syndrome
  • R tibial collateral ligament bursitis
  • Right Pellegrini Stieda tibial collateral bursitis
  • Right tibial collateral ligament bursitis
  • Tibial collateral ligament bursitis
Applies To
  • Bursitis of knee NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 726.60:
  • Bursitis NEC 727.3
    • knee 726.60
  • Capsulitis (joint) 726.90
    • knee 726.60
  • Enthesopathy 726.90
    • knee 726.60
 726.6 ICD9Data.com 726.61 
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