Code:
M79.66
Pain in lower leg
Parent Code Notes: M79.6
Excludes2: pain in joint (M25.5-)
Parent Code Notes: M79
Excludes1: psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)
Block Notes
Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79)
Coding Guidelines
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes 2: arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)