-
ICD-10-CM Codes
›
-
M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
›
-
M70-M79
Other soft tissue disorders
›
-
M79-
Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
›
-
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.606
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.606
Pain in leg, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- M79.606 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM M79.606 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M79.606 - other international versions of ICD-10 M79.606 may differ.
The following code(s) above
M79.606 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
M79.606:
- M00-M99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissueNote- 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)
- M79
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79
Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
- soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)
- M79.6
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.6
Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toes
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- Leg pain
- Pain in lower limb
- Pain in toe for less than 3 months
- Pain of toes
Clinical Information
- Sensation of unpleasant feeling indicating potential or actual damage to some body structure felt in either one or both lower limbs, including feet.
ICD-10-CM M79.606 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 555 Signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue with mcc
- 556 Signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal system and connective tissue without mcc
Convert M79.606 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M79.606
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
M79.606
Pain in leg, unspecified
M79.629 Pain in unspecified upper arm
M79.639 Pain in unspecified forearm
M79.64 Pain in hand and fingers
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
