M62.43
M62.43 — Contracture of muscle, forearm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M62.43 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contracture of muscle, forearm. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M62.43 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 M62.43
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M62.4. If M62.43 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M62.40Contracture of muscle, unspecified site
- M62.41Contracture of muscle, shoulder
- M62.42Contracture of muscle, upper arm
- M62.44Contracture of muscle, hand
- M62.45Contracture of muscle, thigh
- M62.46Contracture of muscle, lower leg
- M62.47Contracture of muscle, ankle and foot
- M62.48Contracture of muscle, other site
- M62.49Contracture of muscle, multiple sites
Questions about M62.43
- Is M62.43 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M62.43 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M62.43 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).