Soft tissue, disorder NOS
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| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Soft tissue, disorder NOS |
| ICD10 code: | M79.9 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
| Start Date: | |
| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
| External ICD10 Documentation | |
This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- This "wastebasket" code includes
- non-traumatic disorders NOS of muscle, fascia, tendons, ligaments, synovium, adipose
- nontraumatic, soft tissue hematoma anywhere in the body, For a soft tissue hematoma: combine Hemorrhage, NOS + Soft tissue, disorder NOS
- rectus sheath hematoma
- undifferentiated connective tissue disorder
- Also code the nontraumatic cause, if known, e.g. Hemorrhage, due to anticoagulant or thrombolytic drug
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Fibromyalgia
- Adipose (fat), noninfectious inflammatory disorder (panniculitis)
- To code a traumatic hematoma:
- Use one or another ICD10 code that is worded like one of the 3 following (depending on the nature of the traumatic injury):
- "bodypart,superficial injury/trauma" -- for example: Hip or thigh, superficial injury/trauma (minor, contusion)
- "bodypart,open wound, injury/trauma" -- for example: Hip or thigh, open wound, injury/trauma
- "bodypart, blood vessels, wound/injury/trauma" -- for example Hip or thigh, blood vessels, wound/injury/trauma
- Use one or another ICD10 code that is worded like one of the 3 following (depending on the nature of the traumatic injury):
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