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M00-M99
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
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Other soft tissue disorders
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Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
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2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.A19
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.A19
Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified upper extremity
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code
- M79.A19 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of unsp upper extremity
- The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M79.A19 became effective on October 1, 2021.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M79.A19 - other international versions of ICD-10 M79.A19 may differ.
The following code(s) above
M79.A19 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.A19:
- M00-M99
2022 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)
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 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 - M79.A
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.A
Nontraumatic compartment syndrome
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code First- , if applicable, associated postprocedural complication
Type 1 Excludes- compartment syndrome NOS (T79.A-)
- fibromyalgia (M79.7)
- nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (M62.2-)
- traumatic compartment syndrome (T79.A-)
Nontraumatic compartment syndrome - M79.A1
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code M79.A1
Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of shoulder, arm, forearm, wrist, hand, and fingers
Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
Approximate Synonyms
- Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of arm
- Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
ICD-10-CM M79.A19 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
- 557 Tendonitis, myositis and bursitis with mcc
- 558 Tendonitis, myositis and bursitis without mcc
Convert M79.A19 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To M79.A19
M79.A Nontraumatic compartment syndrome
M79.A1 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
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
M79.A2 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity
M79.A21 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of right lower extremity
M79.A22 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of left lower extremity
M79.A29 Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of unspecified lower extremity
M79.8 Other specified soft tissue disorders
M79.81 Nontraumatic hematoma of soft tissue
M79.89 Other specified soft tissue disorders
M79.9 Soft tissue disorder, unspecified
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.