Specific code 2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 756.89
Other specified anomalies of muscle, tendon, fascia, and connective tissue
  • Short description: Soft tissue anomaly NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 756.89 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 756.89 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 756.89.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 756.89: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 756.89 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM Q79.8 Other congenital malformations of musculoskeletal system
Approximate Synonyms
  • Amyoplasia congenita disruptive sequence
  • Amyoplasia, disruptive sequence
  • Amyotrophia congenita
  • Ayala's disease
  • Congenital anomaly of muscle AND/OR tendon
  • Congenital anomaly of skeletal muscle
  • Congenital articular rigidity with myopathy
  • Congenital contracture of bilat gastrocnemius
  • Congenital contracture of bilateral gastrocnemius
  • Congenital contracture of gastrocnemius
  • Congenital contracture of gastrocnemius muscle
  • Congenital contracture of left gastrocnemius
  • Congenital contracture of right gastrocnemius
  • Congenital short quadriceps
  • Congenital shortening of tendon
  • Congenital trigger finger and trigger thumb
  • Congenital trigger thumb
  • Contracture of gastrocnemius, congenital
  • Craniometadiaphyseal dysplasia
  • Craniometaphyseal dysplasia
  • Craniometaphyseal dysplasia - mild type
  • Craniometaphyseal dysplasia - severe type
  • Diastrophic dysplasia
  • Failure of soft tissue differentiation of lower limb
  • Hereditary osteoonychodysplasia
  • Hypoplasia of muscle
  • Melorheostosis
  • Microcephalic osteodysplastic dysplasia
  • Nail patella-like renal disease
  • Nail-patella syndrome
  • Nail-patella syndrome, hereditary osteoonychodysplasia
  • Poland anomaly
  • Popliteal pterygium syndrome
  • Post-inflammatory cutis laxa
  • Schwartz Jampel syndrome
  • Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
  • Waardenburg syndrome
  • Waardenburg's syndrome
  • Yunis-Varon dysplasia
Applies To
  • Amyotrophia congenita
  • Congenital shortening of tendon
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 756.89:
  • Accessory (congenital)
    • tendon 756.89
  • Amyoplasia, congenita 756.89
  • Amyotrophia, amyotrophy, amyotrophic 728.2
    • congenita 756.89
  • Anomaly, anomalous (congenital) (unspecified type) 759.9
    • connective tissue 756.9
      • specified type NEC 756.89
    • fascia 756.9
      • specified type NEC 756.89
    • tendon 756.9
      • specified type NEC 756.89
  • Arthro-onychodysplasia 756.89
  • Arthro-osteo-onychodysplasia 756.89
  • Ayala's disease 756.89
  • Bakwin-Krida syndrome (craniometaphyseal dysplasia) 756.89
  • Contraction, contracture, contracted
    • ligament 728.89
      • congenital 756.89
    • muscle (postinfectional) (postural) NEC 728.85
  • Deficiency, deficient
    • short stature homeobox gene (SHOX)
      • with
        • dyschondrosteosis 756.89
        • short stature (idiopathic) 783.43
        • Turner's syndrome 758.6
  • Deformity 738.9
    • muscle (acquired) 728.9
      • congenital 756.9
        • specified type NEC 756.89
        • sternocleidomastoid (due to intrauterine malposition and pressure) 754.1
  • Diastasis
    • muscle 728.84
      • congenital 756.89
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Ayala's 756.89
    • Pyle (-Cohn) (craniometaphyseal dysplasia) 756.89
  • Dysplasia - see also Anomaly
    • craniometaphyseal 756.89
    • familial metaphyseal 756.89
    • metaphyseal 756.9
      • familial 756.89
    • muscle 756.89
    • osteo-onycho-arthro (hereditary) 756.89
  • Elongation, elongated (congenital) - see also Distortion
    • ligamentum patellae 756.89
  • Fong's syndrome (hereditary osteoonychodysplasia) 756.89
  • HOOD (hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia) 756.89
  • Horn
    • iliac 756.89
  • Hypoplasia, hypoplasis 759.89
  • Krabbe's
    • syndrome
      • congenital muscle hypoplasia 756.89
      • cutaneocerebral angioma 759.6
  • Léris pleonosteosis 756.89
  • Myelo-osteo-musculodysplasia hereditaria 756.89
  • Nail - see also condition
    • patella syndrome (hereditary osteoonychodysplasia) 756.89
  • Onycho-osteodysplasia 756.89
  • Osteo-onycho-arthro dysplasia 756.89
  • Osteo-onychodysplasia, hereditary 756.89
  • Österreicher-Turner syndrome 756.89
  • Pyle (-Cohn) disease (craniometaphyseal dysplasia) 756.89
  • Short, shortening, shortness
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Bakwin-Krida (craniometaphyseal dysplasia) 756.89
    • Fong's (hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia) 756.89
    • Krabbe's
      • congenital muscle hypoplasia 756.89
      • cutaneocerebral angioma 759.6
    • nail-patella (hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia) 756.89
    • Österreicher-Turner (hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia) 756.89
    • popliteal
      • artery entrapment 447.8
      • web 756.89
    • Touraine's (hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia) 756.89
  • Touraine's syndrome (hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia) 756.89
  • Trigger finger (acquired) 727.03
    • congenital 756.89
  • Turner-Kieser syndrome (hereditary osteo-onychodysplasia) 756.89
  • Waardenburg's syndrome 756.89
    • meaning ptosis-epicanthus 270.2
  • Web, webbed (congenital) - see also Anomaly, specified type NEC
    • popliteal syndrome 756.89
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