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M79.5 - Residual foreign body in soft tissue


The ICD 10 Code for Residual foreign body in soft tissue is listed as M79.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: M79.5
Description: Residual foreign body in soft tissue
  • Excludes1: foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3)
  • foreign body granuloma of soft tissue (M60.2-)
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
564 - Other Musculoskeletal Sys & Connective Tissue Diagnoses W Mcc
565 - Other Musculoskeletal Sys & Connective Tissue Diagnoses W Cc
566 - Other Musculoskeletal Sys & Connective Tissue Diagnoses W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Block Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79)
Parent M79 - Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 729.6 - Residual foreign body in soft tissue
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of M79.5:
M79.0 - Rheumatism, unspecified
M79.1 - Myalgia
M79.2 - Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified
M79.3 - Panniculitis, unspecified
M79.4 - Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad
M79.6 - Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toes
M79.7 - Fibromyalgia
M79.8 - Other specified soft tissue disorders
M79.9 - Soft tissue disorder, unspecified
M79.A - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome