M62.84

Sarcopenia

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 17 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

Excludes2

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 6

Inclusion terms

Code first

underlying disease, if applicable, such as:
disorders of myoneural junction and muscle disease in diseases classified elsewhere (G73.-)G73.-
other and unspecified myopathies (G72.-)G72.-
primary disorders of muscles (G71.-)G71.-

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 5 same parent — M62.8

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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Present FY2024–FY2027.