M62.5A
Header — not billableMuscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back
The ICD-10 code for muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back is M62.5A.
M62.5A is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 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.
Child codes under M62.5A
- 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 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
- M62.56Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, lower legnon-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