M60.27

Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot

Non-billable header

M60.27 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from M60)

  • Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3) (from M60.2)
  • dermatopolymyositis (M33.-) (from M60)
  • myopathy in amyloidosis (E85.-) (from M60)
  • myopathy in polyarteritis nodosa (M30.0) (from M60)
  • myopathy in rheumatoid arthritis (M05.32) (from M60)
  • myopathy in scleroderma (M34.-) (from M60)
  • myopathy in Sjögren's syndrome (M35.03) (from M60)
  • myopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-) (from M60)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M60)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M60)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M60)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M60)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M60)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M60)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M60)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M60)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M60)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M60)
  • muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72) (from M60)
  • inclusion body myositis [IBM] (G72.41) (from M60)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-) (from M60.2)

Also known as

  • Granuloma, foreign bodyNEC, ankle
  • Granuloma, foreign bodyNEC, foot

Parent code

  • M60.2Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classifiedHeader

More specific codes M60.27

  • M60.271Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, right ankle and footBillable
  • M60.272Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, left ankle and footBillable
  • M60.279Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, unspecified ankle and footBillable

Related codes

  • M60.20Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, unspecified siteBillable
  • M60.21Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, shoulderHeader
  • M60.22Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, upper armHeader
  • M60.23Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, forearmHeader
  • M60.24Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, handHeader
  • M60.25Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, thighHeader
  • M60.26Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, lower legHeader
  • M60.28Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, other siteBillable

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