M61.3
M61.3 — Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M61.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Myositis ossificans associated with burns
Risk adjustment
M61.3 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead M61.3
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- M61.30Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, unspecified site
- M61.31Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, shoulder
- M61.32Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, upper arm
- M61.33Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, forearm
- M61.34Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, hand
- M61.35Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, thigh
- M61.36Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, lower leg
- M61.37Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, ankle and foot
- M61.38Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, other site
- M61.39Calcification and ossification of muscles associated with burns, multiple sites
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M61. If M61.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M61.3
- Is M61.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M61.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M61.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).