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M71

Other bursopathies

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 8 more specific codes instead:

  • M71.0 Abscess of bursa (also a header)
  • M71.1 Other infective bursitis (also a header)
  • M71.2 Synovial cyst of popliteal space [Baker] (also a header)
  • M71.3 Other bursal cyst (also a header)
  • M71.4 Calcium deposit in bursa (also a header)
  • M71.5 Other bursitis, not elsewhere classified (also a header)
  • M71.8 Other specified bursopathies (also a header)
  • M71.9 Bursopathy, unspecified

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 bursopathies

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.

This code

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • bunion (M20.1)
  • bursitis related to use, overuse or pressure (M70.-)
  • enthesopathies (M76-M77)