ICD-10-CM code · FY2027
M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
Header codeNot billable: use one of the 52 billable codes below
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Coding notes for M79
Excludes1 Not coded here: never report these together with this code (use the code given instead).
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)
Codes under M79 65
- M79.0 Rheumatism, unspecifiedBillable
- M79.1 MyalgiaHeader
- M79.10 Myalgia, unspecified siteBillable
- M79.11 Myalgia of mastication muscleBillable
- M79.12 Myalgia of auxiliary muscles, head and neckBillable
- M79.18 Myalgia, other siteBillable
- M79.2 Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecifiedBillable
- M79.3 Panniculitis, unspecifiedBillable
- M79.4 Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat padBillable
- M79.5 Residual foreign body in soft tissueBillable
- M79.6 Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toesHeader
- M79.60 Pain in limb, unspecifiedHeader
- M79.601 Pain in right armBillable
- M79.602 Pain in left armBillable
- M79.603 Pain in arm, unspecifiedBillable
- M79.604 Pain in right legBillable
- M79.605 Pain in left legBillable
- M79.606 Pain in leg, unspecifiedBillable
- M79.609 Pain in unspecified limbBillable
- M79.62 Pain in upper armHeader
- M79.621 Pain in right upper armBillable
- M79.622 Pain in left upper armBillable
- M79.629 Pain in unspecified upper armBillable
- M79.63 Pain in forearmHeader
- M79.631 Pain in right forearmBillable
- M79.632 Pain in left forearmBillable
- M79.639 Pain in unspecified forearmBillable
- M79.64 Pain in hand and fingersHeader
- M79.641 Pain in right handBillable
- M79.642 Pain in left handBillable
- M79.643 Pain in unspecified handBillable
- M79.644 Pain in right finger(s)Billable
- M79.645 Pain in left finger(s)Billable
- M79.646 Pain in unspecified finger(s)Billable
- M79.65 Pain in thighHeader
- M79.651 Pain in right thighBillable
- M79.652 Pain in left thighBillable
- M79.659 Pain in unspecified thighBillable
- M79.66 Pain in lower legHeader
- M79.661 Pain in right lower legBillable
- M79.662 Pain in left lower legBillable
- M79.669 Pain in unspecified lower legBillable
- M79.67 Pain in foot and toesHeader
- M79.671 Pain in right footBillable
- M79.672 Pain in left footBillable
- M79.673 Pain in unspecified footBillable
- M79.674 Pain in right toe(s)Billable
- M79.675 Pain in left toe(s)Billable
- M79.676 Pain in unspecified toe(s)Billable
- M79.7 FibromyalgiaBillable
- M79.A Nontraumatic compartment syndromeHeader
- M79.A1 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremityHeader
- M79.A11 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremityBillable
- M79.A12 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremityBillable
- M79.A19 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremityBillable
- M79.A2 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremityHeader
- M79.A21 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremityBillable
- M79.A22 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremityBillable
- M79.A29 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremityBillable
- M79.A3 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of abdomenBillable
- M79.A9 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of other sitesBillable
- M79.8 Other specified soft tissue disordersHeader
- M79.81 Nontraumatic hematoma of soft tissueBillable
- M79.89 Other specified soft tissue disordersBillable
- M79.9 Soft tissue disorder, unspecifiedBillable
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