M79.5 - Residual foreign body in soft tissue

  • Applicable to Residual foreign body in soft tissue
  • The 2025 edition of ICD10-CM M79.5 became effective on October 1, 2024.
  • This is the American ICD10-CM version of M79.5 - other international versions of ICD10 M79.5 may differ.
  • M79.5 is a Billable / Specific ICD10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Type 1 Excludes

  • foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3)
  • foreign body granuloma of soft tissue (M60.2-)

The following codes above M79.5 contain annotation back-references that may be applicable to M79.5:

Chapter: M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Section: M70-M79 Other soft tissue disorders

Category: M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

  
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