M62.23
M62.23 — Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, forearm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M62.23 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, forearm. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M62.23 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 M62.23
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M62.2. If M62.23 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M62.20Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, unspecified site
- M62.21Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, shoulder
- M62.22Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, upper arm
- M62.24Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, hand
- M62.25Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, thigh
- M62.26Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, lower leg
- M62.27Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, ankle and foot
- M62.28Nontraumatic ischemic infarction of muscle, other site
Questions about M62.23
- Is M62.23 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M62.23 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M62.23 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).