M70.98 — Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure other
M70.98 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure other. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
M70.98 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
M70.98 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies — 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 11 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A57701Billing and Coding: Trigger Point Injections (TPI)not covered
- A58865Billing 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 M70.98 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 M70.98.
- Disorder›soft tissue›due to use, overuse and pressure›specified site NEC
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M70.9. If M70.98 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M70.90Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of unspecified site
- M70.91Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of shoulder
- M70.92Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of upper arm
- M70.93Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of forearm
- M70.94Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of hand
- M70.95Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of thigh
- M70.96Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure lower leg
- M70.97Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of ankle and foot
- M70.99Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure multiple sites
Questions about M70.98
- Is M70.98 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. M70.98 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does M70.98 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79).