M70-M79

Non-Billable

ChapterM00–M99

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Official Description

Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79)

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

Excludes2(Not included here)

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)

CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

M70-M79Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79)

M70Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure

M71Other bursopathies

M72Fibroblastic disorders

M75Shoulder lesions

M76Enthesopathies, lower limb, excluding foot

M77Other enthesopathies

M79Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to M70-M79:

chapterCH13

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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