M62.59
M62.59: Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
M62.59 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check M62.59 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1 inherited from the categories above M62.59
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Written on M62.5: Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above M62.59
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
M62.59 is named in 19 Medicare coverage policies: 12 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
- Atrophy, atrophic›muscle, muscular›multiple sites
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under M62.5
- 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
- M62.54Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, hand
- 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
- M62.5AMuscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back