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ICD-10-CM M79.A — Nontraumatic compartment syndro… | Codelle

ICD-10-CM/M79/M79.A

M79.A

ICD-10-CM

Nontraumatic compartment syndrome

Clinical Notes

Excludes 1 — Not coded here

compartment syndrome NOS (T79.A-)
fibromyalgia (M79.7)
nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (M62.2-)
traumatic compartment syndrome (T79.A-)

Code first

, if applicable, associated postprocedural complication

Code Hierarchy

▲M79Oth and unsp soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

M79.A(current)

Subcodes (4)

M79.A1Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity

M79.A2Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity

M79.A3Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen

M79.A9Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of other sites

Same Category

M79Oth and unsp soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified M79.0Rheumatism, unspecified M79.1Myalgia M79.10Myalgia, unspecified site M79.11Myalgia of mastication muscle M79.12Myalgia of auxiliary muscles, head and neck M79.18Myalgia, other site

M79.2Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified

M79.3Panniculitis, unspecified

M79.4Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad

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