Alphabetic Index FY2027

M70.9

Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure

FY2027Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue/M70–M79 Other soft tissue disorders

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

M70.9 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure. 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 M70.90 Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of unspecified site; M70.91 Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of shoulder; M70.92 Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of upper arm; M70.93 Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressure of forearm and 6 more. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction, 1 Excludes1 entry and 13 Excludes2 entries.

Use additional code

Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.

Inherited from M70 Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
  • external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Inherited from M70 Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Inherited from M70 Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
  • bursitis of shoulder (M75.5)
  • enthesopathies (M76-M77)
  • pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-)
Also from chapter/block level (10 notes)
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)

Includes

Further defines or gives examples of the content of the category.

Inherited from M70 Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure
  • soft tissue disorders of occupational origin

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

More specific codes under M70.9 10