M72.21: Plantar fascial fibromatosis, right foot

New code · FY2027

Billable: use this code on claims.

• New code, effective October 1, 2026 (FY2027). Before that, this condition was coded as M72.2.

Code breakdown

Coding notes

Inclusion terms (from M72.2)

• Ledderhose disease

Excludes2 (from M72)

• retroperitoneal fibromatosis (D48.3)

Medicare coverage

M72.21 is listed as a covered diagnosis in 5 Medicare billing and coding articles:

• A52863 Billing and Coding: Pain Management - injection of tendon sheaths, ligaments, bursa, and ganglion cysts
• A53058 Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
• A53065 Billing and Coding: Outpatient Physical Therapy
• A56787 Billing and Coding: Nonvascular Extremity Ultrasound
• A57079 Billing and Coding: Injections - Tendon, Ligament, and Ganglion Cyst

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All FY2027 ICD-10-CM changes

ICD-10-CM codes and descriptions are from the CMS and NCHS code files. Coverage is from the CMS Medicare Coverage Database billing and coding articles.