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M62.42

M62.42: Contracture of muscle, upper arm

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

M62.42 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contracture of muscle, upper arm. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above M62.42

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on M62.4: Contracture of muscle

  • contracture of joint (M24.5-)

Written on M62: Other disorders of muscle

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M62.42

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 M62.42

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under M62.4

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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