M72.9

Applicable To

• Fasciitis NOS

• Fibromatosis NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Fasciitis

• Fibromatoses

• Musculoskeletal fibromatosis

Clinical Information

• A condition in which multiple fibromas develop. Fibromas are tumors usually benign) that affect connective tissue.

• A poorly circumscribed neoplasm arising from the soft tissues. It is characterized by the presence of spindle-shaped fibroblasts and an infiltrative growth pattern.

• An inflammation of the fibrous tissue called fascia

• Inflammation of fascia.

• Inflammation of the fascia. There are three major types: 1, eosinophilic fasciitis, an inflammatory reaction with eosinophilia, producing hard thickened skin with an orange-peel configuration suggestive of scleroderma and considered by some a variant of scleroderma; 2, necrotizing fasciitis fasciitis, necrotizing), a serious fulminating infection usually by a beta hemolytic streptococcus) causing extensive necrosis of superficial fascia; 3, nodular/pseudosarcomatous /proliferative fasciitis, characterized by a rapid growth of fibroblasts with mononuclear inflammatory cells and proliferating capillaries in soft tissue, often the forearm; it is not malignant but is sometimes mistaken for fibrosarcoma.

• Inflammation process in fascia.

Details

• M72.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM M72.9 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of M72.9 – other international versions of ICD-10 M72.9 may differ.