M62.44 Contracture of muscle, hand

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applies from M62 Other disorders of muscle

Excludes1 (never code together)

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

Excludes2 (not included here)

• nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)

Applies from M62.4 Contracture of muscle

Applicable to

• Contracture of tendon (sheath)

Excludes1 (never code together)

• contracture of joint (M24.5-)

Codes under M62.44

• M62.441 Contracture of muscle, right hand
• M62.442 Contracture of muscle, left hand
• M62.449 Contracture of muscle, unspecified hand

Code annotations containing back-references to M62.44

Back-references to M62.4

• Type 1 Excludes: M24.5 Contracture of joint ("contracture of muscle without contracture of joint (M62.4-)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M24.5 Contracture of joint ("contracture of tendon (sheath) without contracture of joint (M62.4-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M62.44

• Contraction (s), contracture, contracted › muscle (postinfective) (postural) NEC › hand
• Contraction (s), contracture, contracted › tendon (sheath) › hand

Nearby codes

• M62.429 Contracture of muscle, unspecified upper arm
• M62.43 Contracture of muscle, forearm
• M62.431 Contracture of muscle, right forearm
• M62.432 Contracture of muscle, left forearm
• M62.439 Contracture of muscle, unspecified forearm
• M62.44 Contracture of muscle, hand (this code)
• M62.441 Contracture of muscle, right hand
• M62.442 Contracture of muscle, left hand
• M62.449 Contracture of muscle, unspecified hand
• M62.45 Contracture of muscle, thigh
• M62.451 Contracture of muscle, right thigh