M27.2
Inflammatory conditions of jaws
BillableComplete code, valid to report
Care settingsHome Health Primary · MMTA - Other
M27.2 (also written M272) is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for inflammatory conditions of jaws. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. It is one of the 16 codes in category M27 (Other diseases of jaws). The Alphabetic Index lists it under 27 entries. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 2 Excludes1 entries and 11 Excludes2 entries.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
This code
- code (W88-W90, X39.0) to identify radiation, if radiation-induced
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
This code
- osteonecrosis of jaw due to drug (M87.180)
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Care settings
How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.
Home Health Primary
Accepted as the primary (principal) diagnosis on a home health claim. The Home Health Grouper assigns it to the MMTA - Other clinical group.
Source: CMS Home Health Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective October 1, 2026Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
This code
- Osteitis of jaw(s)
- Osteomyelitis (neonatal) jaw(s)
- Osteoradionecrosis jaw(s)
- Periostitis jaw(s)
- Sequestrum of jaw bone
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 27 entries
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic), bone (subperiosteal), jaw (lower) (upper)
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic), jaw (bone) (lower) (upper)
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic), malar
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic), maxilla, maxillary
- Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic), palate (soft), hard
- Disease, diseased, Magitot's
- Empyema (acute) (chest) (double) (pleura) (supradiaphragmatic) (thorax), maxilla, maxillary
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), jaw (bone) (lower) (upper)
- Infection, infected, infective (opportunistic), maxilla, maxillary
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation), jaw (acute) (bone) (chronic) (lower) (suppurative) (upper)
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory (with exudation), maxilla, maxillary
- Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic), bone, jaw
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- Necrosis, necrotic (ischemic), jaw
- Osteitis, jaw (acute) (chronic) (lower) (suppurative) (upper)
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis), acute, hematogenous, mandible
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis), acute, mandible
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis), chronic (or old), hematogenous NEC, mandible
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis), chronic (or old), mandible
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis), chronic (or old), with draining sinus, mandible
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis), jaw (acute) (chronic) (lower) (neonatal) (suppurative) (upper)
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis), specified type NEC, mandible
- Osteomyelitis (general) (infective) (localized) (neonatal) (purulent) (septic) (staphylococcal) (streptococcal) (suppurative) (with periostitis), subacute, mandible
- Osteoradionecrosis, jaw (acute) (chronic) (lower) (suppurative) (upper)
- Periostitis (albuminosa) (circumscribed) (diffuse) (infective) (monomelic), jaw (lower) (upper)
- Sequestrum, dental
- Sequestrum, jaw bone
- Suppuration, suppurative, maxilla, maxillary