DecisionHealth, DecisionHealth - 2015 Issue 10 (October)

Watch out for differing coding rules in ICD, CPT for rotator cuff tears

Question: To be considered a complete (chronic) rotator cuff tear in ICD-10, do all the tendons have to be torn? The patient has left shoulder full thickness tears of the supraspinatus and infraspinatus tendons. Would this be considered M75.112 (incomplete rotator cuff tear or rupture of left shoulder, not specified as traumatic) or M75.122 (Complete rotator cuff tear or rupture of left shoulder, not specified as traumatic)?

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