ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M60-M63 › M60 Myositis › M60.0
M60.0
Infective myositis
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:
- M60.00 Infective myositis, unspecified site (also a header)
- M60.01 Infective myositis, shoulder (also a header)
- M60.02 Infective myositis, upper arm (also a header)
- M60.03 Infective myositis, forearm (also a header)
- M60.04 Infective myositis, hand and fingers (also a header)
- M60.05 Infective myositis, thigh (also a header)
- M60.06 Infective myositis, lower leg (also a header)
- M60.07 Infective myositis, ankle, foot and toes (also a header)
- M60.08 Infective myositis, other site
- M60.09 Infective myositis, multiple sites
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Infective myositis
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from M60 Myositis
Excludes2 - not included here
- inclusion body myositis [IBM] (G72.41)
Inherited from the M60-M63 section Disorders of muscles (M60-M63)
Excludes1 - never coded here
- dermatopolymyositis (M33.-)
- myopathy in amyloidosis (E85.-)
- myopathy in polyarteritis nodosa (M30.0)
- myopathy in rheumatoid arthritis (M05.32)
- myopathy in scleroderma (M34.-)
- myopathy in Sjögren's syndrome (M35.03)
- myopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M60.1 | Interstitial myositis | Not billable |
| M60.2 | Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M60.8 | Other myositis | Not billable |
| M60.9 | Myositis, unspecified | Valid |