M62
Other disorders of muscle
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 16 never code together
M62code
M00-M99chapter
Excludes2
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)L40.5-
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)T79.A-
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 1
M00-M99chapter
Notes
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Subordinate codes 8
M62.0 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic) M62.1 Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic) M62.2 Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle M62.3 Immobility syndrome (paraplegic) M62.4 Contracture of muscle M62.5 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified M62.8 Other specified disorders of muscle M62.9 Disorder of muscle, unspecified
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