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M62.5

Non-billable

Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified

Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Additional Information

From parent codes: M00-M99 (Chapter 13)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom M00-M99

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

  • arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
NotesFrom M00-M99

Additional notes from parent codes that apply to this code.

  • Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition

More Specific Codes (11)

M62.50Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site→M62.51Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder→M62.52Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper arm→M62.53Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearm→M62.54Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand→M62.55Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, thigh→M62.56Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg→M62.57Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot→M62.58Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, other site→M62.59Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites→M62.5AMuscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back→