M60.21
M60.21 — Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, shoulder
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M60.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, shoulder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M60.21 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.
Code to one of these instead M60.21
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M60.2. If M60.21 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M60.20Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site
- M60.22Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, upper arm
- M60.23Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, forearm
- M60.24Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, hand
- M60.25Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, thigh
- M60.26Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, lower leg
- M60.27Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot
- M60.28Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, other site
Questions about M60.21
- Is M60.21 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M60.21 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M60.21 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).