M62.5
Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 20 never code together
M62.5code
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 filed at null
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Alongside this code 7 same parent — M62
M62.0 Separation of muscle (nontraumatic) category M62.1 Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic) category M62.2 Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle category M62.3 Immobility syndrome (paraplegic) M62.4 Contracture of muscle category M62.8 Other specified disorders of muscle category M62.9 Disorder of muscle, unspecified
Subordinate codes 11
M62.50 Muscle wasting and atrophy, NEC, unsp site M62.51 Muscle wasting and atrophy, NEC, shoulder M62.52 Muscle wasting and atrophy, NEC, upper arm M62.53 Muscle wasting and atrophy, NEC, forearm M62.54 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand M62.55 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, thigh M62.56 Muscle wasting and atrophy, NEC, lower leg M62.57 Muscle wasting and atrophy, NEC, ankle and foot M62.58 Muscle wasting and atrophy, NEC, oth site M62.59 Muscle wasting and atrophy, NEC, multiple sites M62.5A Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back
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