Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), thigh
Non-billable header
M62.15 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from M62)
- Note: Use an external cause code following the code for the musculoskeletal condition, if applicable, to identify the cause of the musculoskeletal condition
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- traumatic rupture of muscle - see strain of muscle by body region (from M62.1)
- dermatopolymyositis (M33.-) (from M62)
- myopathy in amyloidosis (E85.-) (from M62)
- myopathy in polyarteritis nodosa (M30.0) (from M62)
- myopathy in rheumatoid arthritis (M05.32) (from M62)
- myopathy in scleroderma (M34.-) (from M62)
- myopathy in Sjögren's syndrome (M35.03) (from M62)
- myopathy in systemic lupus erythematosus (M32.-) (from M62)
- alcoholic myopathy (G72.1) (from M62)
- cramp and spasm (R25.2) (from M62)
- drug-induced myopathy (G72.0) (from M62)
- myalgia (M79.1-) (from M62)
- stiff-man syndrome (G25.82) (from M62)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- rupture of tendon (M66.-) (from M62.1)
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-) (from M62)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from M62)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from M62)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-) (from M62)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from M62)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from M62)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from M62)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from M62)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from M62)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from M62)
- muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72) (from M62)
- nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81) (from M62)
Also known as
- Rupture, ruptured, muscle, nontraumatic, pelvic region
- Rupture, ruptured, muscle, nontraumatic, thigh
Parent code
- M62.1Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic)Header
More specific codes M62.15
Related codes
- M62.10Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), unspecified siteBillable
- M62.11Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), shoulderHeader
- M62.12Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), upper armHeader
- M62.13Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), forearmHeader
- M62.14Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), handHeader
- M62.16Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), lower legHeader
- M62.17Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), ankle and footHeader
- M62.18Other rupture of muscle (nontraumatic), other siteBillable