M62.16
Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), lower leg
M62.16 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), lower leg. 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 M62.161 Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), right lower leg; M62.162 Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), left lower leg and M62.169 Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), unspecified lower leg. Its coding notes include 13 Excludes1 entries and 13 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
- traumatic rupture of muscle - see strain of muscle by body region
Also from chapter/block level (7 notes)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (11 notes)
- muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72)
- 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)
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
- Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 1 entry