ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M60-M63 › M60.8 Other myositis › M60.87

M60.87

Other myositis, ankle and foot

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • M60.871 Other myositis, right ankle and foot
  • M60.872 Other myositis, left ankle and foot
  • M60.879 Other myositis, unspecified ankle and foot

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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other myositis, ankle and foot

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M60.80 Other myositis, unspecified site Valid
M60.81 Other myositis shoulder Not billable
M60.82 Other myositis, upper arm Not billable
M60.83 Other myositis, forearm Not billable
M60.84 Other myositis, hand Not billable
M60.85 Other myositis, thigh Not billable
M60.86 Other myositis, lower leg Not billable
M60.88 Other myositis, other site Valid
M60.89 Other myositis, multiple sites Valid