M62.21

M62.21: Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, shoulder

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M62.21 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, shoulder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M62.21

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M62.2: Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle

compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
nontraumatic compartment syndrome (M79.A-)
traumatic ischemia of muscle (T79.6)
rhabdomyolysis (M62.82)
Volkmann's ischemic contracture (T79.6)

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 M62.21

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 M62.21

3 child codes. Green means billable.