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M71.172 - Other infective bursitis, left ankle and foot

ICD-10-CM Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M70-M79 Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79) · Subcategory of M71.17 · FY2027

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Use Additional CodeFrom M71.1

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

  • code (B95.-, B96.-) to identify causative organism
Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom M71

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

  • bunion (M20.1)
  • bursitis related to use, overuse or pressure (M70.-)
  • enthesopathies (M76-M77)
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

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