ICD-10-CM Code M79.A
Nontraumatic compartment syndrome
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.A is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of M79.A that describes the diagnosis 'nontraumatic compartment syndrome' in more detail.
- M79.A Nontraumatic compartment syndrome NON-BILLABLE
Coding Notes for M79.A Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
- codeFirst:
- , if applicable, associated postprocedural complication
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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." - Compartment syndrome NOS - instead, use code T79.A-
- Fibromyalgia - instead, use code M79.7
- Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle - instead, use code M62.2-
- Traumatic compartment syndrome - instead, use code T79.A-
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M79.A - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M79.A. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: M79 - Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified