Coding and coverage · ICD-10-CM

M60 › M60.2

M60.22 Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, upper arm

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Codes under this one

  • M60.221 Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, right upper arm
  • M60.222 Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, left upper arm
  • M60.229 Foreign body granuloma of soft tissue, not elsewhere classified, unspecified upper arm

Instructional notes

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Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Notes
  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

M60

Excludes2Not included here: the patient may have both; report both when both are present.
  • inclusion body myositis [IBM] (G72.41)

M60.2

Excludes1Not coded here: never report with this code, except when the two conditions are unrelated.
  • foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3)
Use additional codeAdd a second code for the full picture.
  • code to identify the type of retained foreign body (Z18.-)

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue · M60-M79 Soft tissue disorders (M60-M79)

Source: ICD-10-CM FY 2027 code descriptions and tabular list (CMS and CDC National Center for Health Statistics), effective 2026-10-01 through 2027-09-30 · CMS ICD-10 files. HCC mapping: CMS-HCC V28, payment year 2027. As of 2026-11-04.

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