M60.2

M60.2: Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M60.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M60.2

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on M60: Myositis

inclusion body myositis [IBM] (G72.41)

Other codes that can never be billed with M60.2

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

M79.1Myalgia
M79.5Residual foreign body in soft tissue
G72Other and unspecified myopathies

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 M60.2

9 child codes. Green means billable.