M70.4

Prepatellar bursitis

Non-billable header

M70.4 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from M70)

  • soft tissue disorders of occupational origin
  • 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.

Excludes2

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

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M70)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M70)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M70)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M70)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M70)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M70)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M70)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M70)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M70)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M70)
  • bursitis of shoulder (M75.5) (from M70)
  • enthesopathies (M76-M77) (from M70)
  • pressure ulcer (pressure area) (L89.-) (from M70)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • external cause code to identify activity causing disorder (Y93.-) (from M70)

Also known as

  • Bursitis, knee NEC, prepatellar
  • Bursitis, prepatellar

Parent code

  • M70Soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressureHeader

More specific codes M70.4

  • M70.40Prepatellar bursitis, unspecified kneeBillable
  • M70.41Prepatellar bursitis, right kneeBillable
  • M70.42Prepatellar bursitis, left kneeBillable

Related codes

  • M70.0Crepitant synovitis (acute) (chronic) of hand and wristHeader
  • M70.1Bursitis of handHeader
  • M70.2Olecranon bursitisHeader
  • M70.3Other bursitis of elbowHeader
  • M70.5Other bursitis of kneeHeader
  • M70.6Trochanteric bursitisHeader
  • M70.7Other bursitis of hipHeader
  • M70.8Other soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressureHeader
  • M70.9Unspecified soft tissue disorder related to use, overuse and pressureHeader

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