M79.8
Header — not billable
Other specified soft tissue disorders
Other specified soft tissue disorders
M79.8 is a header (parent) code in the ICD-10-CM hierarchy. It is not billable for claim submission. Use one of the billable child codes listed below.
Billable codes in this category
Each of the codes below is billable. Choose the one that most accurately describes the patient's diagnosis.
M79.81
Nontraumatic hematoma of soft tissue
M79.89 M79.81 identifies a spontaneous or pathologic localized blood collection within soft tissue or muscle that has no traumatic cause — including nontraumatic seroma of muscle and soft tissue.
Other specified soft tissue disorders
Catch-all billable code for soft tissue disorders that are clinically identified and documented but do not map to a more specific ICD-10-CM category — including polyalgia as an 'Applicable To' condition.