729.1 MYALGIA AND MYOSITIS NOS

Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 729.1
Short Description: Myalgia and myositis NOS
Long Description: Myalgia and myositis, unspecified
Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Code Classification

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (710–739)
- Rheumatism, excluding the back (725-729)
  - 729 Other disorders of soft tissues
    - 729.1 Myalgia and myositis NOS

Synonyms

Abdominal muscle pain
Benign acute myositis
Centrally mediated myalgia
Cysticercosis myositis
Diffuse muscle tenderness
Eosinophilic myositis
Fibromyositis
Fibrositis and nodular fasciitis
Focal nodular myositis
Inclusion body myositis
Intercostal myalgia
Lingual myositis
Localized masticatory muscle soreness
Maxillary myositis
Muscle pain
Muscle tension pain
Myalgia/myositis - multiple
Myalgia/myositis - shoulder
Myositis
Myositis in sarcoidosis
Nematode myositis
Pain on movement of skeletal muscle
Paraneoplastic myositis
Primary fibromyalgia syndrome
Proliferative myositis
Protozoal myositis
Skeletal muscle tender
Suxamethonium pains
Viral myositis

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 729.1 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

Fibromyalgia 729.1

Fibromyositis (see also Myositis) 729.1
- scapulohumeral 726.2

Musculoneuralgia 729.1

Myalgia (intercostal) 729.1
- eosinophilia syndrome 710.5
- epidemic 074.1
  - cervical 078.89
- psychogenic 307.89
- traumatic NEC 959.9

Myofascitis (acute) 729.1
- low back 724.2

Myofibrositis (see also Myositis) 729.1
- scapulohumeral 726.2

Myositis 729.1
- clostridial 040.0
- due to posture 729.1
- epidemic 074.1
- fibrosa or fibrous (chronic) 728.2
  - Volkmann's (complicating trauma) 958.6
- inclusion body (IBM) 359.71
- infective 728.0
- interstitial 728.81
- multiple - see Polymyositis
- occupational 729.1
- orbital, chronic 376.12
- ossificans 728.12
  - circumscribed 728.12
  - progressive 728.11
  - traumatic 728.12
- progressive fibrosing 728.11
- purulent 728.0
- rheumatic 729.1
- rheumatoid 729.1
- suppurative 728.0
- syphilitic 095.6
- traumatic (old) 729.1

Neuromyalgia 729.1

Neuromyositis 729.1

Pain(s) (see also Painful) 780.96
- muscle 729.1
  - intercostal 786.59
- musculoskeletal (see also Pain, by site) 729.1
- neuromuscular 729.1
- rheumatic NEC 729.0
  - muscular 729.1

Rheumatism, rheumatic (acute NEC) 729.0
- myositis 729.1

Sore
- muscle 729.1

Syndrome - see also Disease
- myofascial pain NEC 729.1

Crosswalk Information

The code 729.1 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

ICD-9 Code	ICD-10 Code	ICD-10 Description
729.1	M60.9	Myositis, unspecified
	M79.1	Myalgia
	M79.7	Fibromyalgia

This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code	ICD-9 Description
729.0	Rheumatism, unspecified and fibrositis
729.2	Neuralgia, neuritis, and radiculitis, unspecified
729.30	Panniculitis, unspecified site
729.31	Hypertrophy of fat pad, knee
729.39	Panniculitis, other site
729.4	Fasciitis, unspecified
729.5	Pain in limb
729.6	Residual foreign body in soft tissue
729.71	Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of upper extremity
729.72	Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of lower extremity
729.73	Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of abdomen
729.79	Nontraumatic compartment syndrome of other sites
729.81	Swelling of limb
729.82	Cramp of limb
729.89	Other musculoskeletal symptoms referable to limbs
729.90	Disorders of soft tissue, unspecified
729.91	Post-traumatic seroma
729.92	Nontraumatic hematoma of soft tissue
729.99	Other disorders of soft tissue

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