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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)
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)
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M79.66 requires a 6th digit:
M79.661 Pain in right lower leg
M79.662 Pain in left lower leg
If the patient has bilateral lower leg pain, you'd use both of those codes to indicate left and right.
M79.661 Pain in right lower leg
M79.662 Pain in left lower leg
If the patient has bilateral lower leg pain, you'd use both of those codes to indicate left and right.