ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M70-M79 › M71.0 Abscess of bursa › M71.09
Abscess of bursa, multiple sites
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Abscess of bursa, 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 M71 Other bursopathies
Excludes1 - never coded here
- bunion (M20.1)
- bursitis related to use, overuse or pressure (M70.-)
- enthesopathies (M76-M77)
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.
- Carbunculus
- Bursitis > infective NEC > abscess
- Infection, infected, infective > bursa
- Disorder > soft tissue > due to use, overuse and pressure > bursitis
- Abscess > bursa > multiple sites
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M71.00 | Abscess of bursa, unspecified site | Valid |
| M71.01 | Abscess of bursa, shoulder | Not billable |
| M71.02 | Abscess of bursa, elbow | Not billable |
| M71.03 | Abscess of bursa, wrist | Not billable |
| M71.04 | Abscess of bursa, hand | Not billable |
| M71.05 | Abscess of bursa, hip | Not billable |
| M71.06 | Abscess of bursa, knee | Not billable |
| M71.07 | Abscess of bursa, ankle and foot | Not billable |
| M71.08 | Abscess of bursa, other site | Valid |