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M79.2

Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified

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Hierarchy

  • M00-M99 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
    • M70-M79 Other soft tissue disorders (M70-M79)
      • M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
        • 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
        • M79.A Nontraumatic compartment syndrome

Notes

M00-M99

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes 1

M79.2

  • brachial radiculitis NOS (M54.1)
  • lumbosacral radiculitis NOS (M54.1)
  • mononeuropathies (G56-G58)
  • radiculitis NOS (M54.1)
  • sciatica (M54.3-M54.4)

M79

  • psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
    • F45.8 Other somatoform disorders
  • soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)
    • F45.41 Pain disorder exclusively related to psychological factors

Excludes 2

M00-M99

  • L40.5 Arthropathic psoriasis
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
    • T79.A Traumatic compartment syndrome
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
    • O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
    • Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)