M75.121 Complete rotator cuff tear or rupture of right shoulder, not specified as traumatic

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applies from M75 Shoulder lesions

Excludes2 (not included here)

• shoulder-hand syndrome (M89.0-)

Applies from M75.1 Rotator cuff tear or rupture, not specified as traumatic

Applicable to

• Rotator cuff syndrome
• Supraspinatus tear or rupture, not specified as traumatic
• Supraspinatus syndrome

Excludes1 (never code together)

• tear of rotator cuff, traumatic (S46.01-)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 557-558 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 727.61 Complete rupture of rotator cuff (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M75.121

Back-references to M75.1

• Type 2 Excludes: M66 Spontaneous rupture of synovium and tendon ("rotator cuff syndrome (M75.1-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S43.42 Sprain of rotator cuff capsule ("rotator cuff syndrome (complete) (incomplete), not specified as traumatic (M75.1-)")

Back-references to M75

• Type 1 Excludes: M65.2 Calcific tendinitis ("tendinitis as classified in M75-M77")

Nearby codes

• M75.110 Incomplete rotator cuff tear or rupture of unspecified shoulder, not specified as traumatic
• M75.111 Incomplete rotator cuff tear or rupture of right shoulder, not specified as traumatic
• M75.112 Incomplete rotator cuff tear or rupture of left shoulder, not specified as traumatic
• M75.12 Complete rotator cuff tear or rupture not specified as traumatic
• M75.120 Complete rotator cuff tear or rupture of unspecified shoulder, not specified as traumatic
• M75.121 Complete rotator cuff tear or rupture of right shoulder, not specified as traumatic (this code)
• M75.122 Complete rotator cuff tear or rupture of left shoulder, not specified as traumatic
• M75.2 Bicipital tendinitis
• M75.20 Bicipital tendinitis, unspecified shoulder
• M75.21 Bicipital tendinitis, right shoulder
• M75.22 Bicipital tendinitis, left shoulder