ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M70-M79 › M70 Soft tissue disorders related to... › M70.3
Other bursitis of elbow
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 3 more specific codes instead:
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 Other bursitis of elbow
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 M70 Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
Excludes1 - never coded here
- bursitis NOS (M71.9-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- bursitis of shoulder (M75.5)
- enthesopathies (M76-M77)
- pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
Use additional code
- external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)
Includes
- soft tissue disorders of occupational origin
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.
- Beat > elbow
- Disorder > soft tissue > due to use, overuse and pressure > bursitis
- Bursitis > elbow NEC
- Bursitis > radiohumeral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M70.0 | Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wrist | Not billable |
| M70.1 | Bursitis of hand | Not billable |
| M70.2 | Olecranon bursitis | Not billable |
| M70.4 | Prepatellar bursitis | Not billable |
| M70.5 | Other bursitis of knee | Not billable |
| M70.6 | Trochanteric bursitis | Not billable |
| M70.7 | Other bursitis of hip | Not billable |
| M70.8 | Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure | Not billable |
| M70.9 | Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure | Not billable |