M79.5 Residual foreign body in soft tissue

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• foreign body granuloma of skin and subcutaneous tissue (L92.3)
• foreign body granuloma of soft tissue (M60.2-)

Applies from M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 (never code together)

• psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
• soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 564-566 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 729.6 Residual foreign body in soft tissue

Code annotations containing back-references to M79.5

Back-references to M79.5

• Type 1 Excludes: Z03.82 Encounter for observation for suspected foreign body ruled out ("residual foreign body in soft tissue (M79.5)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M79.5

• Foreign body › in › soft tissue (residual)
• Foreign body › old or residual › soft tissue (residual)
• Foreign body › retained (old) (nonmagnetic) (in) › soft tissue

Nearby codes

• M79.12 Myalgia of auxiliary muscles, head and neck
• M79.18 Myalgia, other site
• M79.2 Neuralgia and neuritis, unspecified
• M79.3 Panniculitis, unspecified
• M79.4 Hypertrophy of (infrapatellar) fat pad
• M79.5 Residual foreign body in soft tissue (this code)
• M79.6 Pain in limb, hand, foot, fingers and toes
• M79.60 Pain in limb, unspecified
• M79.601 Pain in right arm
• M79.602 Pain in left arm
• M79.603 Pain in arm, unspecified