M62

Non-Billable
ChapterM00–M99
Rankcategory
Official Description

Other disorders of muscle

Metadata & Insights
  • Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
  • Chapter 13: Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue (M00-M99).

CH13 Parent Instructions

Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • 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)

M60-M63 Parent Instructions

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
  • 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. Code separately if applicable.)
  • muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72)

Instructional Notes

Excludes1(Not coded here. Use a different code.)
Excludes2(Not included here. Code separately if applicable.)
  • nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)

Clinical Hierarchy

BillableHas subcodes
CH13Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
M60-M63Disorders of muscles (M60-M63)
M62Other disorders of muscleNot billable
M62.0Separation of muscle (nontraumatic)Subcodes
M62.1Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic)Subcodes
M62.2Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscleSubcodes
M62.3Immobility syndrome (paraplegic)Billable
M62.4Contracture of muscleSubcodes
M62.5Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classifiedSubcodes
M62.8Other specified disorders of muscleSubcodes
M62.9Disorder of muscle, unspecifiedBillable

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to M62:

blockM60-M63
Disorders of muscles (M60-M63)
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chapterCH13
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
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MS-DRG Classification

2026

No direct MS-DRG triggers identified.

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