M60.00
Infective myositis, unspecified site
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 9 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 11 never code together
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 3
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M60.0
M60.01 Infective myositis, shoulder category M60.02 Infective myositis, upper arm category M60.03 Infective myositis, forearm category M60.04 Infective myositis, hand and fingers category M60.05 Infective myositis, thigh category M60.06 Infective myositis, lower leg category M60.07 Infective myositis, ankle, foot and toes category M60.08 Infective myositis, other site M60.09 Infective myositis, multiple sites
Subordinate codes 7
M60.000 Infective myositis, unspecified right arm M60.001 Infective myositis, unspecified left arm M60.002 Infective myositis, unspecified arm M60.003 Infective myositis, unspecified right leg M60.004 Infective myositis, unspecified left leg M60.005 Infective myositis, unspecified leg M60.009 Infective myositis, unspecified site
Additional references
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