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M62.00

Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), unspecified site

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 18 never code together
M62code
Excludes1
  • alcoholic myopathy (G72.1)G72.1
  • cramp and spasm (R25.2)R25.2
  • drug-induced myopathy (G72.0)G72.0
  • myalgia (M79.1-)M79.1-
  • stiff-man syndrome (G25.82)G25.82
Excludes2
  • nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)M79.81
M62.0code
Excludes1
  • diastasis recti complicating pregnancy, labor and delivery (O71.8)O71.8
  • traumatic separation of muscle- see strain of muscle by body region
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 2
M62.0code
Inclusion terms
  • Diastasis of muscle
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 1
Alongside this code 8 same parent — M62.0
M62.01 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), shoulder category M62.02 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), upper arm category M62.03 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), forearm category M62.04 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), hand category M62.05 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), thigh category M62.06 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), lower leg category M62.07 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), ankle and foot category M62.08 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic), other site
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
M62.0
Block
M60-M79
Siblings
8

Present FY2024–FY2027.