ICD-10 category · Chapter XIII · M60-M79

M79 Other soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

102 codes under M79 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 91 valid for clinical use.

Valid: the code is at its most specific level and may go on an account. Heading only: code to a more specific entry beneath it. PMB and CDL: a Prescribed Minimum Benefit or Chronic Disease List condition per the Council for Medical Schemes. † dagger and * asterisk codes are used as a pair. How to read the table
Code	Description	Use	Benefits
M79	Other soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified	Heading only	—
M79.0	Rheumatism, unspecified	Heading only	—
M79.00	Rheumatism, unspecified, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.01	Rheumatism, unspecified, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.02	Rheumatism, unspecified, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.03	Rheumatism, unspecified, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.04	Rheumatism, unspecified, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.05	Rheumatism, unspecified, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.06	Rheumatism, unspecified, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.07	Rheumatism, unspecified, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.08	Rheumatism, unspecified, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.09	Rheumatism, unspecified, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.1	Myalgia	Heading only	—
M79.10	Myalgia, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.11	Myalgia, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.12	Myalgia, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.13	Myalgia, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.14	Myalgia, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.15	Myalgia, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.16	Myalgia, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.17	Myalgia, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.18	Myalgia, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.19	Myalgia, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.2	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified	Heading only	—
M79.20	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.21	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.22	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.23	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.24	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.25	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.26	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.27	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.28	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.29	Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.3	Panniculitis, unspecified	Heading only	—
M79.30	Panniculitis, unspecified, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.31	Panniculitis, unspecified, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.32	Panniculitis, unspecified, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.33	Panniculitis, unspecified, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.34	Panniculitis, unspecified, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.35	Panniculitis, unspecified, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.36	Panniculitis, unspecified, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.37	Panniculitis, unspecified, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.38	Panniculitis, unspecified, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.39	Panniculitis, unspecified, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.4	Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad	Heading only	—
M79.46	Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.5	Residual foreign body in soft tissue	Heading only	—
M79.50	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.51	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.52	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.53	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.54	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.55	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.56	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.57	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.58	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.59	Residual foreign body in soft tissue, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.6	Pain in limb	Heading only	—
M79.60	Pain in limb, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.61	Pain in limb, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.62	Pain in limb, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.63	Pain in limb, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.64	Pain in limb, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.65	Pain in limb, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.66	Pain in limb, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.67	Pain in limb, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.68	Pain in limb, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.69	Pain in limb, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.7	Fibromyalgia	Heading only	—
M79.70	Fibromyalgia, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.71	Fibromyalgia, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.72	Fibromyalgia, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.73	Fibromyalgia, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.74	Fibromyalgia, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.75	Fibromyalgia, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.76	Fibromyalgia, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.77	Fibromyalgia, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.78	Fibromyalgia, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.79	Fibromyalgia, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.8	Other specified soft tissue disorders	Heading only	—
M79.80	Other specified soft tissue disorders, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.81	Other specified soft tissue disorders, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.82	Other specified soft tissue disorders, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.83	Other specified soft tissue disorders, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.84	Other specified soft tissue disorders, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.85	Other specified soft tissue disorders, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.86	Other specified soft tissue disorders, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.87	Other specified soft tissue disorders, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.88	Other specified soft tissue disorders, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.89	Other specified soft tissue disorders, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.9	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified	Heading only	—
M79.90	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, multiple sites	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.91	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, shoulder region	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.92	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, upper arm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.93	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, forearm	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.94	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, hand	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.95	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, pelvic region and thigh	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.96	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, lower leg	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.97	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, ankle and foot	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.98	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, other site	Valid · may be primary	—
M79.99	Soft tissue disorder, unspecified, site unspecified	Valid · may be primary	—

Source and terms

Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.

The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page

Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.

ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.

Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.

Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.

This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.

This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.

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