Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity

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.A11 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of right upper extremity
M79.A12 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of left upper extremity
M79.A19 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity

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 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity

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.

Syndrome > compartment > postprocedural
Compartment syndrome > nontraumatic > upper extremity
Syndrome > compartment > nontraumatic > upper extremity

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M79.A2	Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity	Not billable
M79.A3	Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen	Valid
M79.A9	Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of other sites	Valid