M62.5
Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified
M62.5 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified. 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 M62.50 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site; M62.51 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder; M62.52 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper arm; M62.53 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearm and 7 more. Its coding notes include 15 Excludes1 entries and 13 Excludes2 entries.
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Also from chapter/block level (7 notes)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
- pelvic muscle wasting (N81.84)
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)
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Disuse atrophy NEC
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
More specific codes under M62.5 11
- M62.50Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified siteBillable
- M62.51Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulderHeader
- M62.52Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper armHeader
- M62.53Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearmHeader
- M62.54Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, handHeader
- M62.55Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, thighHeader
- M62.56Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower legHeader
- M62.57Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and footHeader
- M62.58Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, other siteBillable
- M62.59Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sitesBillable
- M62.5AMuscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, backHeader