M70.86
Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure lower leg
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 14 never code together
M70code
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
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 3
M70code
Includes
- soft tissue disorders of occupational origin
Use additional code
- external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-)Y93.-
M00-M99chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M70.8
M70.80 Oth soft tissue disord related to use/pressure of unsp site M70.81 Oth soft tissue disord related to use/pressure of shoulder category M70.82 Oth soft tissue disord related to use/pressure of upper arm category M70.83 Oth soft tissue disorders related to use/pressure of forearm category M70.84 Oth soft tissue disorders related to use/pressure of hand category M70.85 Oth soft tissue disorders related to use/pressure of thigh category M70.87 Oth soft tissue disorders related to use/pressure of ank/ft category M70.88 Oth soft tissue disorders related to use/pressure oth site M70.89 Oth soft tissue disord related to use/pressure mult sites
Subordinate codes 3
Medications 5
41 Bipolar and Related Disorders drugs 20 Narcotic-Related Disorders drugs 20 Opioid-Related Disorders drugs 19 Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders drugs 10 Feeding and Eating Disorders drugs
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
Additional references
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