M62.5A
M62.5A — Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
M62.5A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
M62.5A 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 M62.5A
4 child codes. Green means billable.
- M62.5A0Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, cervical
- M62.5A1Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, thoracic
- M62.5A2Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, lumbosacral
- M62.5A9Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, unspecified level
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M62.5. If M62.5A 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
- M62.54Muscle 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
- M62.59Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites
Questions about M62.5A
- Is M62.5A a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. M62.5A is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does M62.5A sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).