M70
Header — not billableSoft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
The ICD-10 code for soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure is M70.
M70 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- bursitis NOS (M71.9-)
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
Includes
Terms listed here further define or give examples of the conditions grouped under this code — they describe what the code covers, not a separate diagnosis.
- soft tissue disorders of occupational origin
Use additional code
This code represents an underlying condition. When a related manifestation is also present, coding convention calls for an additional code to be listed after this one.
- external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •If the associated manifestation or related condition noted above is also documented, an additional code should be reported alongside this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under M70
- M70.0Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wristnon-billable header
- M70.1Bursitis of handnon-billable header
- M70.2Olecranon bursitisnon-billable header
- M70.3Other bursitis of elbownon-billable header
- M70.4Prepatellar bursitisnon-billable header
- M70.5Other bursitis of kneenon-billable header
- M70.6Trochanteric bursitisnon-billable header
- M70.7Other bursitis of hipnon-billable header
- M70.8Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressurenon-billable header
- M70.9Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressurenon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- M71Other bursopathiesnon-billable header
- M72Fibroblastic disordersnon-billable header
- M75Shoulder lesionsnon-billable header
- M76Enthesopathies, lower limb, excluding footnon-billable header
- M77Other enthesopathiesnon-billable header
- M79Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classifiednon-billable header
- M70Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressurenon-billable header