M79.A - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome
The ICD 10 Code for
Nontraumatic compartment syndrome is listed as
M79.A. 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.A
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| Description: |
Nontraumatic compartment syndrome
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Code first, if applicable, associated postprocedural complication
- Excludes1: compartment syndrome NOS (T79.A-)
- fibromyalgia (M79.7)
- nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle (M62.2-)
- traumatic compartment syndrome (T79.A-)
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| 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-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of M79.A: |
|---|
| M79.A1 - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity |
| M79.A2 - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity |
| M79.A3 - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen |
| M79.A9 - Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of other sites |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of M79.A: |
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| M79.0 - Rheumatism, unspecified |
| M79.1 - Myalgia |
| M79.2 - Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified |
| M79.3 - Panniculitis, unspecified |
| M79.4 - Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad |
| M79.5 - Residual foreign body in soft tissue |
| 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 |
