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  5. 2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.5

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.5

Residual foreign body in soft tissue

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • M79.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM M79.5 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M79.5 - other international versions of ICD-10 M79.5 may differ.
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as M79.5. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code L92.3

    Foreign body granuloma of the skin and subcutaneous tissue

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Use Additional
    • code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)
    L92.3
    )
  • foreign body granuloma of soft tissue (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M60.2

    Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3)
    Use Additional
    • code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)
    M60.2-
    )
The following code(s) above M79.5 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to M79.5:
  • M00-M99
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99

    Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

    Note
    • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
    Type 2 Excludes
    • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
    • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
    • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
    • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
    • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
    • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • neoplasms (C00-D49)
    • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
    Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • M79
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79

    Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
    • soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)
    Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
Approximate Synonyms
  • Foreign body in subcutaneous tissue
  • Foreign body of soft tissue, residual
  • Residual foreign body of soft tissue
ICD-10-CM M79.5 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 564 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with mcc
  • 565 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses with cc
  • 566 Other musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diagnoses without cc/mcc

Convert M79.5 to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to M79.5:
  • Type 1 Excludes: Z03.82
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z03.82

    Encounter for observation for suspected foreign body ruled out

      2021 - New Code 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • retained foreign body (Z18.-)
    • retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81)
    • residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5)
    Type 2 Excludes
    • confirmed foreign body ingestion or aspiration including:
    • foreign body in alimentary tract (T18)
    • foreign body in ear (T16)
    • foreign body on external eye (T15)
    • foreign body in respiratory tract (T17)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to M79.5:

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M79.5
M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
M79.0 Rheumatism, unspecified
M79.1 Myalgia
M79.10 …… unspecified site
M79.11 …… of mastication muscle
M79.12 …… of auxiliary muscles, head and neck
M79.18 …… other site
M79.2 Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified
M79.3 Panniculitis, unspecified
M79.4 Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad
M79.5 Residual foreign body in soft tissue
M79.6 Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toes
M79.60 Pain in limb, unspecified
M79.601 Pain in right arm
M79.602 Pain in left arm
M79.603 Pain in arm, unspecified
M79.604 Pain in right leg
M79.605 Pain in left leg
M79.606 Pain in leg, unspecified
M79.609 Pain in unspecified limb
M79.62 Pain in upper arm

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

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