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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

M79.A

Nontraumatic compartment syndrome

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where M79.A sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. M79 Parent Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
  2. M79.A This code Nontraumatic compartment syndrome

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes1

psychogenic rheumatism ( F45.8 )

Inherited from M79 — Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1

compartment syndrome NOS ( T79.A- )

Excludes1

soft tissue pain, psychogenic ( F45.41 )

Inherited from M79 — Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1

fibromyalgia ( M79.7 )

Excludes1

nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle ( M62.2- )

Excludes1

traumatic compartment syndrome ( T79.A- )

Code First

, if applicable, associated postprocedural complication

More Specific Codes

4 codes under M79.A

Version History

How M79.A appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Nontraumatic compartment syndrome

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Nontraumatic compartment syndrome

Related Codes

Other codes under M79

Codes whose official notes reference M79.A

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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