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ICD-10-CM Code for Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites M62.59

ICD-10 code M62.59 for Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Soft tissue disorders .

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Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, multiple sites

M62.5

Excludes1: neuralgic amyotrophy (G54.5)
progressive muscular atrophy (G12.21)
sarcopenia (M62.84)

Excludes2: pelvic muscle wasting (N81.84)

M62

Excludes1: alcoholic myopathy (G72.1)
cramp and spasm (R25.2)
drug-induced myopathy (G72.0)
myalgia (M79.1-)
stiff-man syndrome (G25.82)

Excludes2: nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)

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