M60.0
M60.0: Infective myositis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M60.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for infective myositis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
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Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tropical pyomyositis
Other codes that can never be billed with M60.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead M60.0
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M60.00Infective myositis, unspecified site
- M60.01Infective myositis, shoulder
- M60.02Infective myositis, upper arm
- M60.03Infective myositis, forearm
- M60.04Infective myositis, hand and fingers
- M60.05Infective myositis, thigh
- M60.06Infective myositis, lower leg
- M60.07Infective myositis, ankle, foot and toes
- M60.08Infective myositis, other site
- M60.09Infective myositis, multiple sites