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M70 - Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure

ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M70-M79 Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

M70 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 10 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

IncludesFrom M70

Conditions this code covers.

  • soft tissue disorders of occupational origin
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M70

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • bursitis NOS (M71.9-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom M70

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • bursitis of shoulder (M75.5)
  • enthesopathies (M76-M77)
  • pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
Use Additional CodeFrom M70

Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.

  • external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter M00-M99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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)
NotesFrom Chapter M00-M99

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

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

More Specific Codes (10)

M70.0Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wrist→M70.1Bursitis of hand→M70.2Olecranon bursitis→M70.3Other bursitis of elbow→M70.4Prepatellar bursitis→M70.5Other bursitis of knee→M70.6Trochanteric bursitis→M70.7Other bursitis of hip→M70.8Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure→M70.9Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure→

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