M62.56
Header — not billableMuscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg
The ICD-10 code for muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower leg is M62.56.
M62.56 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 3 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- M62.50Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site
- M62.51Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, shouldernon-billable header
- M62.52Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, upper armnon-billable header
- M62.53Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, forearmnon-billable header
- M62.54Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, handnon-billable header
- M62.55Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, thighnon-billable header
- M62.57Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, ankle and footnon-billable header
- 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, backnon-billable header
- M62.56Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower legnon-billable header