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Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 726.70
Enthesopathy of ankle and tarsus, unspecified
  • Short description: Ankle enthesopathy NOS.
  • ICD-9-CM 726.70 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 726.70 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 726.70.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 726.70: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 726.70 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M76.899 Other specified enthesopathies of unspecified lower limb, excluding foot
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M77.40 Metatarsalgia, unspecified foot
Approximate Synonyms
  • Bilat metatarsalgia
  • Bilateral metatarsalgia
  • Capsulitis of ankle
  • Capsulitis of bilat ankles
  • Capsulitis of bilat mtp joint
  • Capsulitis of bilat tarsus
  • Capsulitis of bilateral ankles
  • Capsulitis of bilateral metatarsophalangeal joints
  • Capsulitis of bilateral mtp joint
  • Capsulitis of bilateral tarsi
  • Capsulitis of bilateral tarsus
  • Capsulitis of left ankle
  • Capsulitis of left metatarsophalangeal joint
  • Capsulitis of left MTP joint
  • Capsulitis of left tarsus
  • Capsulitis of right ankle
  • Capsulitis of right metatarsophalangeal joint
  • Capsulitis of right MTP joint
  • Capsulitis of right tarsus
  • Capsulitis of tarsus
  • Enthesopathy of ankle
  • Enthesopathy of bilat ankles
  • Enthesopathy of bilateral ankles
  • Enthesopathy of foot
  • Enthesopathy of foot or toes
  • Enthesopathy of foot region
  • Enthesopathy of left ankle
  • Enthesopathy of right ankle
  • Enthesopathy of tarsus
  • L metatarsalgia
  • Left metatarsalgia
  • Left sided metatarsalgia
  • Metatarsalgia
  • Metatarsalgia (pain in ball of foot)
  • R metatarsalgia
  • Right metatarsalgia
  • Right sided metatarsalgia
726.70 Excludes
  • Morton's metatarsalgia (355.6)
Applies To
  • Metatarsalgia NOS
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 726.70:
  • Enthesopathy 726.90
    • ankle and tarsus 726.70
  • Metatarsalgia 726.70
    • due to Freiberg's disease 732.5
 726.7 ICD9Data.com 726.71 
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