M62.84 — Sarcopenia
M62.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for sarcopenia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Code first
The underlying condition must be sequenced before this code.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Age-related sarcopenia
Other codes that can never be billed with M62.84
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at M62.84. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading M62.84 alone.
Risk adjustment
M62.84 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.
Medicare coverage
M62.84 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies — 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 6 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A58865Billing 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
- A59434Billing and Coding: Amniotic and Placental-Derived Product Injections and/or Applications for Musculoskeletal Indications, Non-Woundnot covered
How M62.84 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to M62.84.
- Sarcopenia(age-related)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share M62.8. If M62.84 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about M62.84
- Is M62.84 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. M62.84 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does M62.84 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), in the block Disorders of muscles (M60-M63).