Other myositis, forearm
Non-billable header
M60.83 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.
- 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)
Also known as
- Myositis, specified type NEC, forearm
Parent code
- M60.8Other myositisHeader
More specific codes M60.83
Related codes
- M60.80Other myositis, unspecified siteBillable
- M60.81Other myositis shoulderHeader
- M60.82Other myositis, upper armHeader
- M60.84Other myositis, handHeader
- M60.85Other myositis, thighHeader
- M60.86Other myositis, lower legHeader
- M60.87Other myositis, ankle and footHeader
- M60.88Other myositis, other siteBillable
- M60.89Other myositis, multiple sitesBillable