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ICD-10-CM code · FY2027

M79.629 Pain in unspecified upper arm

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About M79.629

Code
M79.629
Billable
Yes
Short description
Pain in unspecified upper arm
Category
M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
Block
M70-M79 Other soft tissue disorders
Chapter
13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Code set
FY2027, October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027

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Coding notes for M79.629

No notes of its own; the notes below apply from the codes above it.

Also applies, from M79.6 Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toes

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

Also applies, from M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).

  • psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
  • soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)
Chapter 13 notes (apply to every code in it)

Note

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes2 Not part of this condition, but a patient can have both: report both codes when both apply.

  • 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)

Related codes in M79.62

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