Is M60.003 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. M60.003 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does M60.003 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).

M60.003

M60.003 — Infective myositis, unspecified right leg

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMright

M60.003 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for infective myositis, unspecified right leg. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Infective myositis, right lower limb NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M60.003

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of M60.003, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

Written on M60 — Myositis

inclusion body myositis [IBM] (G72.41)

Other codes that can never be billed with M60.003

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M60.003. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M60.003 alone.

G72Other and unspecified myopathies
M79.1Myalgia

Risk adjustment

M60.003 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

M60.003 is named in 12 Medicare coverage policies — 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 7 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A58865Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
A58883Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
A58893Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
A59374Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered

How M60.003 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to M60.003.

Myositis›infective›leg›right

Code history

M60.003 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share M60.00. If M60.003 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about M60.003

Is M60.003 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. M60.003 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does M60.003 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).