M62.40
Contracture of muscle, unspecified site
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 9 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 17 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 2
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — M62.4
M62.41 Contracture of muscle, shoulder category M62.42 Contracture of muscle, upper arm category M62.43 Contracture of muscle, forearm category M62.44 Contracture of muscle, hand category M62.45 Contracture of muscle, thigh category M62.46 Contracture of muscle, lower leg category M62.47 Contracture of muscle, ankle and foot category M62.48 Contracture of muscle, other site M62.49 Contracture of muscle, multiple sites
Additional references
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