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M72.8

Other fibroblastic disorders

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 17 never code together
M72.8code
Excludes1
M72code
Excludes2
  • retroperitoneal fibromatosis (D48.3)D48.3
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 5
M72.8code
Inclusion terms
  • Abscess of fascia
  • Fasciitis NEC
  • Other infective fasciitis
Use additional code
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 5
  • Abscess (connective tissue) (embolic) (fistulous) (infective) (metastatic) (multiple) (pernicious) (pyogenic) (septic) L02.91
  • Contraction (s) , contracture, contracted
    • fascia (lata) (postural) M72.8
  • Disorder (of) — see also Disease
  • Fasciitis M72.9
  • Fibromatosis M72.9
Alongside this code 6 same parent — M72
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
M72
Block
M60-M79
Siblings
6

Present FY2024–FY2027.