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M70.89

Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure multiple sites

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure multiple sites

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M70.80 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of unspecified site Valid
M70.81 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of shoulder Not billable
M70.82 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of upper arm Not billable
M70.83 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of forearm Not billable
M70.84 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of hand Not billable
M70.85 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of thigh Not billable
M70.86 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure lower leg Not billable
M70.87 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of ankle and foot Not billable
M70.88 Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure other site Valid