M79.5 is the authoritative medical code for Residual foreign body in soft tissue. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for residual foreign body in soft tissue (ICD-10-CM M79.5), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Official Registry Overview & Definition
Residual foreign body in soft tissue is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code M79.5. Excludes1 (not coded here): foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue L92.3; foreign body granuloma of soft tissue M60.2-; psychogenic rheumatism F45.8; soft tissue pain, psychogenic F45.41.
Official Tabular Instructional Notes
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for M79.5 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Excludes1 — Not Coded Here
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
- foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue L92.3
- foreign body granuloma of soft tissue M60.2-
- psychogenic rheumatism F45.8
- soft tissue pain, psychogenic F45.41
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance
What can't be coded together with M79.5?
Per Excludes1 instructions, M79.5 must not be reported with: foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3); foreign body granuloma of soft tissue (M60.2-); psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8); soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41).
Codes in This Family (40)
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as M79.5, with their registry titles.
- M79 — Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified
- M79.0 — Rheumatism, unspecified
- M79.1 — Myalgia
- M79.10 — Myalgia, unspecified site
- M79.11 — Myalgia of mastication muscle
- M79.12 — Myalgia of auxiliary muscles, head and neck
- M79.18 — Myalgia, other site
- M79.2 — Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified
- M79.3 — Panniculitis, unspecified
- M79.4 — Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad
- M79.6 — Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toes
- M79.60 — Pain in limb, unspecified
- M79.601 — Pain in right arm
- M79.602 — Pain in left arm
- M79.603 — Pain in arm, unspecified
- M79.604 — Pain in right leg
- M79.605 — Pain in left leg
- M79.606 — Pain in leg, unspecified
- M79.609 — Pain in unspecified limb
- M79.62 — Pain in upper arm
- M79.621 — Pain in right upper arm
- M79.622 — Pain in left upper arm
- M79.629 — Pain in unspecified upper arm
- M79.63 — Pain in forearm
- M79.631 — Pain in right forearm
- M79.632 — Pain in left forearm
- M79.639 — Pain in unspecified forearm
- M79.64 — Pain in hand and fingers
- M79.641 — Pain in right hand
- M79.642 — Pain in left hand
- M79.643 — Pain in unspecified hand
- M79.644 — Pain in right finger(s)
- M79.645 — Pain in left finger(s)
- M79.646 — Pain in unspecified finger(s)
- M79.65 — Pain in thigh
- M79.651 — Pain in right thigh
- M79.652 — Pain in left thigh
- M79.659 — Pain in unspecified thigh
- M79.66 — Pain in lower leg
- M79.661 — Pain in right lower leg
Indexed Clinical Terms (3)
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
- Foreign body, in, soft tissue (residual)
- Foreign body, old or residual, soft tissue (residual)
- Foreign body, retained (old) (nonmagnetic) (in), soft tissue
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