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M62.51

Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • M62.511 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, right shoulder
  • M62.512 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, left shoulder
  • M62.519 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified shoulder

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from M62 Other disorders of muscle

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • alcoholic myopathy (G72.1)
  • cramp and spasm (R25.2)
  • drug-induced myopathy (G72.0)
  • myalgia (M79.1-)
  • stiff-man syndrome (G25.82)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)

Inherited from the M60-M63 section Disorders of muscles (M60-M63)

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • 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

  • muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M62.50 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site Valid
M62.52 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper arm Not billable
M62.53 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearm Not billable
M62.54 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand Not billable
M62.55 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, thigh Not billable
M62.56 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg Not billable
M62.57 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot Not billable
M62.58 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, other site Valid
M62.59 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites Valid
M62.5A Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back Not billable