M70.4
M70.4 — Prepatellar bursitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M70.4 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for prepatellar bursitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M70.4 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 M70.4
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M70. If M70.4 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M70.0Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wrist
- M70.1Bursitis of hand
- M70.2Olecranon bursitis
- M70.3Other bursitis of elbow
- M70.5Other bursitis of knee
- M70.6Trochanteric bursitis
- M70.7Other bursitis of hip
- M70.8Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
- M70.9Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure
Questions about M70.4
- Is M70.4 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M70.4 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M70.4 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79).