M85.41
Solitary bone cyst, shoulder
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 15 never code together
M85code
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 1
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 1
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M85.4
M85.40 Solitary bone cyst, unspecified site M85.42 Solitary bone cyst, humerus category M85.43 Solitary bone cyst, ulna and radius category M85.44 Solitary bone cyst, hand category M85.45 Solitary bone cyst, pelvis category M85.46 Solitary bone cyst, tibia and fibula category M85.47 Solitary bone cyst, ankle and foot category M85.48 Solitary bone cyst, other site
Subordinate codes 3
Additional references
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