ICD-10-CM Code M79
Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code M79 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eleven child codes of M79 that describes the diagnosis 'oth and unsp soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified' in more detail.
- M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified NON-BILLABLE
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- BILLABLE M79.0 Rheumatism, unspecified
- BILLABLE M79.1 Myalgia
- BILLABLE M79.2 Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified
- BILLABLE M79.3 Panniculitis, unspecified
- BILLABLE M79.4 Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad
- BILLABLE M79.5 Residual foreign body in soft tissue
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- M79.60 Pain in limb, unspecified NON-BILLABLE
- M79.62 Pain in upper arm NON-BILLABLE
- M79.63 Pain in forearm NON-BILLABLE
- M79.64 Pain in hand and fingers NON-BILLABLE
- M79.65 Pain in thigh NON-BILLABLE
- M79.66 Pain in lower leg NON-BILLABLE
- M79.67 Pain in foot and toes NON-BILLABLE
- BILLABLE M79.7 Fibromyalgia
- BILLABLE M79.9 Soft tissue disorder, unspecified
Coding Notes for M79 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Psychogenic rheumatism - instead, use code F45.8
- Soft tissue pain, psychogenic - instead, use code F45.41
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M79 - Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M79. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.