Alphabetic Index FY2027

M61.3

Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns

FY2027Chapter 13: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue/M60–M63 Disorders of muscles

Non-billable headerNot valid on its own. Use one of the more specific codes under it.

M61.3 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns. Report a more specific code from it instead. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The more specific codes under it are M61.30 Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, unspecified site; M61.31 Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, shoulder; M61.32 Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, upper arm; M61.33 Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, forearm and 6 more. Its coding notes include 7 Excludes1 entries and 11 Excludes2 entries.

Excludes1

Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.

Also from chapter/block level (7 notes)
Inherited from M60–M63 Disorders of muscles
  • dermatopolymyositis (M33.-)
  • myopathy in amyloidosis (E85.-)
  • myopathy in polyarteritis nodosa (M30.0)
  • myopathy in rheumatoid arthritis (M05.32)
  • myopathy in scleroderma (M34.-)
  • myopathy in Sjögren's syndrome (M35.03)
  • myopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-)

Excludes2

Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.

Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
Inherited from M60–M63 Disorders of muscles
  • muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • 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)

Inclusion terms

Conditions classified to this code.

This code
  • Myositis ossificans associated with burns

Notes

Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 13 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
  • 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 under M61.3 10