Pain in lower leg
Non-billable header
M79.66 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from M79)
- 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.
- pain in joint (M25.5-) (from M79.6)
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M79)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M79)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M79)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M79)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M79)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M79)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M79)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M79)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M79)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M79)
Also known as
- Pain, limb, lower, lower leg
Parent code
- M79.6Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toesHeader