AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2022 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes

Muscle Wasting and Atrophy of the Back

A new subcategory M62.5A, Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, has been created with new codes to separately identify muscle wasting and atrophy of the cervical, thoracic, lumbosacral and unspecified level of the back as follows:• M62.5A0, Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, cervical • M62.5A1, Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, thoracic • M62.5A2, Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, lumbosacral • M62.5A9, Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, back, unspecified level Two of the main muscle groups of the back that experience muscle...

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