M61.46

Other calcification of muscle, lower leg

Non-billable header

M61.46 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from M61)

  • 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.

  • calcific tendinitis NOS (M65.2-) (from M61.4)
  • calcific tendinitis of shoulder (M75.3) (from M61.4)
  • dermatopolymyositis (M33.-) (from M61)
  • myopathy in amyloidosis (E85.-) (from M61)
  • myopathy in polyarteritis nodosa (M30.0) (from M61)
  • myopathy in rheumatoid arthritis (M05.32) (from M61)
  • myopathy in scleroderma (M34.-) (from M61)
  • myopathy in Sjögren's syndrome (M35.03) (from M61)
  • myopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-) (from M61)

Excludes2

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

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M61)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M61)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M61)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M61)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M61)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M61)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M61)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M61)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M61)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M61)
  • muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72) (from M61)

Also known as

  • Calcification, muscle, specified type NEC, lower leg

Parent code

  • M61.4Other calcification of muscleHeader

More specific codes M61.46

  • M61.461Other calcification of muscle, right lower legBillable
  • M61.462Other calcification of muscle, left lower legBillable
  • M61.469Other calcification of muscle, unspecified lower legBillable

Related codes

  • M61.40Other calcification of muscle, unspecified siteBillable
  • M61.41Other calcification of muscle, shoulderHeader
  • M61.42Other calcification of muscle, upper armHeader
  • M61.43Other calcification of muscle, forearmHeader
  • M61.44Other calcification of muscle, handHeader
  • M61.45Other calcification of muscle, thighHeader
  • M61.47Other calcification of muscle, ankle and footHeader
  • M61.48Other calcification of muscle, other siteBillable
  • M61.49Other calcification of muscle, multiple sitesBillable

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