M79.3
BillablePanniculitis, unspecified
Panniculitis, unspecified
Coding Notes
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Subcutaneous calcification17141001
- Subcutaneous calcinosis17141001
- Lobular panniculitis20196005
- Panniculitis22125009
- Pansteatitis33882007
- Nutritional panniculitis33882007
- Nutritional steatitis33882007
- Yellow fat disease33882007
- Septal panniculitis56580008
- Acquired partial lipodystrophy75659004
- Barraquer syndrome75659004
- Barraquer-Simons disease75659004
- Barraquer-Simons syndrome75659004
- Hollander-Simons syndrome75659004
- Lipodystrophic diabetes with partial lipoatrophy75659004
- Macrodystrophia lipomatosa progressiva75659004
- Partial lipoatrophy75659004
- Progressive lipodystrophy75659004
- Progressive partial lipodystrophy75659004
- Autoimmune panniculitis238881001
- Lipoatrophic panniculitis238881001
- Localised lipoatrophy of Winkelmann238881001
- Localized lipoatrophy of Winkelmann238881001
- Panniculitis of atrophic connective tissue disease238881001
- Lipophagic panniculitis238882008
- Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis238883003
- Factitial panniculitis238884009
- Pressure panniculitis238886006
- Eosinophilic panniculitis238887002
- Traumatic fat necrosis238891007
- Traumatic panniculitis238891007
- Infective panniculitis240040007
- Panniculitis in newborn240303007
- Adiponecrosis e frigore397768002
- Cold panniculitis397768002
- Panniculitis due to immunological disorder402686000
- Panniculitis due to action of lipolytic enzymes402687009
- Panniculitis due to crystal deposition402688004
- Panniculitis due to physical factor402689007
- Panniculitis secondary to malignancy402690003
- Panniculitis secondary to histiocytic disorder402691004
- Neonatal disorder of subcutaneous fat402801005
- Panniculitis with complement deficiency403414008
- Alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency panniculitis403415009
- Panniculitis due to alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency403415009
- Pancreatic enzyme panniculitis403416005
- Panniculitis secondary to pancreatic disease403416005
- Panniculitis due to hyperuricaemia403419003
- Panniculitis due to hyperuricemia403419003
- Panniculitis due to cholesterol emboli403420009
- Neonatal cold panniculitis403421008
- Nodular panniculitis403422001
- Non-specific panniculitis403422001
- Drug-induced panniculitis403621002
- Corticosteroid-induced panniculitis403657007
- Panniculitis caused by corticosteroid therapy403657007
- Acute panniculitis703966004
- Calcific panniculitis724836008
- Infantile onset panniculitis with uveitis and systemic granulomatosis773328002
- Panniculitis induced localised lipodystrophy783014007
- Panniculitis induced localized lipodystrophy783014007
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code M79.3?
ICD-10-CM code M79.3 represents "Panniculitis, unspecified". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is M79.3 a billable code?
Yes, M79.3 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is M79.3 in?
M79.3 is in Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (codes M00-M99).
What codes cannot be used with M79.3?
M79.3 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8); soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41); lupus panniculitis (L93.2); and 2 more.
What SNOMED CT codes does M79.3 map to?
M79.3 maps to 36 SNOMED CT concepts: 33882007, 75659004, 703966004, 397768002, 403415009, and 31 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for M79.3?
M79.3 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0030326. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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