ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M70-M79 › M71 Other bursopathies › M71.9
Bursopathy, unspecified
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 Bursopathy, unspecified
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.
- Disease, diseased > bursa
- Disorder > soft tissue > due to use, overuse and pressure > bursitis
- Bursitis
- Bursopathy
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M71.0 | Abscess of bursa | Not billable |
| M71.1 | Other infective bursitis | Not billable |
| M71.2 | Synovial cyst of popliteal space [Baker] | Not billable |
| M71.3 | Other bursal cyst | Not billable |
| M71.4 | Calcium deposit in bursa | Not billable |
| M71.5 | Other bursitis, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| M71.8 | Other specified bursopathies | Not billable |