M60
Myositis
Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.
M60 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code category for myositis. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M60.0 Infective myositis; M60.1 Interstitial myositis; M60.2 Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified; M60.8 Other myositis and 1 more. Its coding notes include 7 Excludes1 entries and 12 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Also from chapter/block level (7 notes)
Inherited from M60–M63 Disorders of muscles
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
This code
- inclusion body myositis [IBM] (G72.41)
Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
Inherited from M60–M63 Disorders of muscles
- muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- 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)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition