M62.57
Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot
M62.57 is a non-billable ICD-10-CM code header for muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot. 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 M62.571 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right ankle and foot; M62.572 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left ankle and foot and M62.579 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified ankle and foot. 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)
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. 2 entries