M70Category · further specificity requiredCurrent

Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure

HierarchyM70-M79 · M70

Code-level instructions

Includes

soft tissue disorders of occupational origin

Excludes 1

bursitis NOS (M71.9-)

Excludes 2
  • bursitis of shoulder (M75.5)
  • enthesopathies (M76-M77)
  • pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
Use additional code

external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)

Inherited instructions

Chapters 13 · Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)

Excludes 2
  • 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)
Note

Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

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