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M79.60

M79.60: Pain in limb, unspecified

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified

M79.60 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for pain in limb, unspecified. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M79.60

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M79: Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

  • psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
  • soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M79.60

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

Written on M79.6: Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toes

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 M79.60

7 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M79.6

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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