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M62.81

Billable

Muscle weakness (generalized)

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Overall weakness affecting muscles throughout the body without a specific localized cause.

Coding Tips

  • •Document whether weakness is acute or chronic onset
  • •Investigate systemic causes such as infections, metabolic disorders, medications, or neurological conditions

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • muscle weakness in sarcopenia (M62.84)

Code Hierarchy

└M62Other disorders of muscle└M62.8Other specified disorders of muscle└M62.81Muscle weakness (generalized)
└M62.81Muscle weakness (generalized)

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