M70.8
M70.8 — Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M70.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M70.8 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 M70.8
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M70.80Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of unspecified site
- M70.81Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of shoulder
- M70.82Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of upper arm
- M70.83Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of forearm
- M70.84Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of hand
- M70.85Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of thigh
- M70.86Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure lower leg
- M70.87Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure of ankle and foot
- M70.88Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure other site
- M70.89Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M70. If M70.8 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
- M70.4Prepatellar bursitis
- M70.5Other bursitis of knee
- M70.6Trochanteric bursitis
- M70.7Other bursitis of hip
- M70.9Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure
Questions about M70.8
- Is M70.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M70.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M70.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79).