M79.7

M79.7: Fibromyalgia

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

M79.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fibromyalgia. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check M79.7 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Fibromyositis
Fibrositis
Myofibrositis

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M79.7

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)

Other codes that can never be billed with M79.7

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

M79.0Rheumatism, unspecified
M79.1Myalgia
M79.ANontraumatic compartment syndrome
T79.ATraumatic compartment syndrome

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

M79.7 is named in 34 Medicare coverage policies: 22 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 12 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

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
A58883Billing 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