Pain in lower leg

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 3 more specific codes instead:

M79.661 Pain in right lower leg
M79.662 Pain in left lower leg
M79.669 Pain in unspecified lower leg

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 Pain in lower leg

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 M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)

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.

Pain
Tarsalgia
Pain > leg
Pain > toe
Pain > foot
Pain > tibia
Syndrome > complex regional pain
Pain > limb > lower > lower leg

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M79.60	Pain in limb, unspecified	Not billable
M79.62	Pain in upper arm	Not billable
M79.63	Pain in forearm	Not billable
M79.64	Pain in hand and fingers	Not billable
M79.65	Pain in thigh	Not billable
M79.67	Pain in foot and toes	Not billable