M62.54
M62.54 — Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M62.54 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M62.54 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 M62.54
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M62.5. If M62.54 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- M62.50Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site
- M62.51Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shoulder
- M62.52Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper arm
- M62.53Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearm
- M62.55Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, thigh
- M62.56Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg
- M62.57Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and foot
- M62.58Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, other site
- M62.59Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites
- M62.5AMuscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back
Questions about M62.54
- Is M62.54 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M62.54 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M62.54 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).