M71.1
Other infective bursitis
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
M71code
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 2
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 7 same parent — M71
Subordinate codes 10
M71.10 Other infective bursitis, unspecified site M71.11 Other infective bursitis, shoulder M71.12 Other infective bursitis, elbow M71.13 Other infective bursitis, wrist M71.14 Other infective bursitis, hand M71.15 Other infective bursitis, hip M71.16 Other infective bursitis, knee M71.17 Other infective bursitis, ankle and foot M71.18 Other infective bursitis, other site M71.19 Other infective bursitis, multiple sites
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