Basic information on Costochondritis ICD 10 codes
Costochondritis is a condition where the cartilage in the breastbone becomes inflamed, causing severe chest pain. ICD-Code M94.0 is a billable ICD-10 code used for healthcare diagnosis reimbursement of Chondrocostal Junction Syndrome [Tietze]. Its corresponding ICD-9 code is 733.6.
Clinical Information
- A benign inflammation of one or more of the costal cartilages
- Idiopathic painful nonsuppurative swellings of one or more costal cartilages, especially of the second rib. The anterior chest pain may mimic that of coronary artery disease.
Related ICD 10 code description for Costochondritis
Related Costochondritis ICD 10 code Synonyms include:
- Costal chondritis
- Costochondritis
- Slipped rib syndrome
- Tietze’s disease
Basic ICD-10 INFORMATION
World Health Organization (WHO) authorized the publication of the International Classification of DiseasesExternal 10th Revision (ICD-10), which was implemented for mortality coding and classification from death certificates in the U.S. in 1999. The U.S. developed a Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) for medical diagnoses based on WHO’s ICD-10. This medical classification list is generated by the World Health Organization (WHO), and is used to help healthcare providers identify and code health conditions.
ICD-10 is required for use by physicians and healthcare providers under the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) and will replace all ICD-9 code sets. There are nearly 5 times as many diagnosis codes in ICD-10-CM than in ICD-9-CM.ICD-10 has alphanumeric categories instead of numeric ones.
