ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M60-M63 › M60.0 Infective myositis › M60.07
Infective myositis, ankle, foot and toes
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 9 more specific codes instead:
- M60.070 Infective myositis, right ankle
- M60.071 Infective myositis, left ankle
- M60.072 Infective myositis, unspecified ankle
- M60.073 Infective myositis, right foot
- M60.074 Infective myositis, left foot
- M60.075 Infective myositis, unspecified foot
- M60.076 Infective myositis, right toe(s)
- M60.077 Infective myositis, left toe(s)
- M60.078 Infective myositis, unspecified toe(s)
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, ankle, foot and toes
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)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Pyomyositis
- Myofasciitis
- Abscess > muscle
- Myositis > purulent
- Münchmeyer's syndrome
- Ossification > muscle
- Myositis > suppurative
- Calcification > massive
- Polymyositis > ossificans
- Ossification > muscle > paralytic
- Ossification > muscle > traumatic
- Suppuration, suppurative > muscle
- Calcification > muscle > paralytic
- Ossification > muscle > progressive
- Insufficiency, insufficient > muscle
- Ossification > muscle > due to burns
- Calcification > muscle > due to burns
- Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > polymyositis
- Disease, diseased > muscle > inflammatory
- Infection, infected, infective > muscle NEC
- Disease, diseased > fascia NEC > inflammatory
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > fascia
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > muscle
- Myositis > infective > lower limb > toe
- Myositis > infective > lower limb > foot
- Myositis > infective > lower limb > ankle
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M60.00 | Infective myositis, unspecified site | Not billable |
| M60.01 | Infective myositis, shoulder | Not billable |
| M60.02 | Infective myositis, upper arm | Not billable |
| M60.03 | Infective myositis, forearm | Not billable |
| M60.04 | Infective myositis, hand and fingers | Not billable |
| M60.05 | Infective myositis, thigh | Not billable |
| M60.06 | Infective myositis, lower leg | Not billable |
| M60.08 | Infective myositis, other site | Valid |
| M60.09 | Infective myositis, multiple sites | Valid |