M62.48
M62.48: Contracture of muscle, other site
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
M62.48 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for contracture of muscle, other site. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check M62.48 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above M62.48
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M62.48
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
M62.48 is named in 17 Medicare coverage policies: 10 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 7 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A58865Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A58883Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A58893Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
- A59374Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›muscle NEC›specified site NEC
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›tendon›neck
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›tendon›specified site NEC
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›tendon›thorax
- Contraction, contracture, contracted›tendon›trunk
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under M62.4
- M62.40Contracture of muscle, unspecified site
- M62.41Contracture of muscle, shoulder
- M62.42Contracture of muscle, upper arm
- M62.43Contracture of muscle, forearm
- M62.44Contracture of muscle, hand
- M62.45Contracture of muscle, thigh
- M62.46Contracture of muscle, lower leg
- M62.47Contracture of muscle, ankle and foot
- M62.49Contracture of muscle, multiple sites