M62.0

M62.0: Separation of muscle (nontraumatic)

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M62.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for separation of muscle (nontraumatic). It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

diastasis recti complicating pregnancy, labor and delivery (O71.8)
traumatic separation of muscle- see strain of muscle by body region

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Diastasis of muscle

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M62.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M62: Other disorders of muscle

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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M62.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on M62: Other disorders of muscle

nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead M62.0

9 child codes. Green means billable.