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ICD-10-CM Code M62.4
Contracture of muscle

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code M62.4 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of M62.4 that describes the diagnosis 'contracture of muscle' in more detail.


The ICD code M624 is used to code Contracture

A muscle contracture is a permanent shortening of a muscle or joint. It is usually in response to prolonged hypertonic spasticity in a concentrated muscle area, such as is seen in the tightest muscles of people with conditions like spastic cerebral palsy.

Specialty: Emergency Medicine
MeSH Codes: D003286, D003286, D003286, D003286
ICD 9 Codes: 718.4, 727.81, 728.6, 958.6
Source: Wikipedia

Coding Notes for M62.4 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code

Inclusion Terms:
Inclusion Terms
Inclusion Terms are a list of concepts for which a specific code is used. The list of Inclusion Terms is useful for determining the correct code in some cases, but the list is not necessarily exhaustive.
Contracture of tendon (sheath)
Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
Contracture of joint - instead, use code M24.5-

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M62.4 - Contracture of muscle'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M62.4. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: M62 - Other disorders of muscle

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