Segmental and somatic dysfunction of lower extremity

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Segmental and somatic dysfunction of lower 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 M99 Biomechanical lesions, not elsewhere classified

Note

This category should not be used if the condition can be classified elsewhere.

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.

Malfunction
Dysfunction > segmental
Dysfunction > somatic > lower extremity

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M99.00	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of head region	Valid
M99.01	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of cervical region	Valid
M99.02	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of thoracic region	Valid
M99.03	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of lumbar region	Valid
M99.04	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of sacral region	Valid
M99.05	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of pelvic region	Valid
M99.07	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of upper extremity	Valid
M99.08	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of rib cage	Valid
M99.09	Segmental and somatic dysfunction of abdomen and other regions	Valid