M62.84 Sarcopenia

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Applicable to

• Age-related sarcopenia

Code first

• underlying disease, if applicable, such as:
• disorders of myoneural junction and muscle disease in diseases classified elsewhere (G73.-)
• other and unspecified myopathies (G72.-)
• primary disorders of muscles (G71.-)

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 M62.8 Other specified disorders of muscle

Excludes2 (not included here)

• nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)

MS-DRG index

Defines the logic of DRG(s) 557-558 in MDC 08.

Approximate ICD-9-CM (GEMs)

• 728.3 Other specific muscle disorders (approximate)

Code annotations containing back-references to M62.84

Back-references to M62.84

• Type 1 Excludes: M62.5 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified ("sarcopenia (M62.84)")
• Type 1 Excludes: M62.81 Muscle weakness (generalized) ("muscle weakness in sarcopenia (M62.84)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R53.1 Weakness ("sarcopenia (M62.84)")
• Type 1 Excludes: R54 Age-related physical debility ("sarcopenia (M62.84)")

Diagnosis Index entries for M62.84

• Sarcopenia (age-related)

Nearby codes

• M62.82 Rhabdomyolysis
• M62.83 Muscle spasm
• M62.830 Muscle spasm of back
• M62.831 Muscle spasm of calf
• M62.838 Other muscle spasm
• M62.84 Sarcopenia (this code)
• M62.85 Dysfunction of the multifidus muscles, lumbar region
• M62.89 Other specified disorders of muscle
• M62.9 Disorder of muscle, unspecified