Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back

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, FY2023 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

M62.5A0 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, cervical
M62.5A1 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, thoracic
M62.5A2 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, lumbosacral
M62.5A9 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, unspecified level

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.

FY2023 Added to the code set Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M62.50	Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site	Valid
M62.51	Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder	Not billable
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