M71.81 is the authoritative medical code for Other specified bursopathies, shoulder. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for other specified bursopathies, shoulder (ICD-10-CM M71.81), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for M71.81 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
No. M71.81 (Other specified bursopathies, shoulder) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes1 instructions, M71.81 must not be reported together with: bunion (M20.1); bursitis related to use, overuse or pressure (M70.-); enthesopathies (M76-M77).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to M71.81 in its code family, with their registry titles.