M61.52 — Other ossification of muscle, upper arm
Is M61.52 billable?
No — M61.52 is a non-billable header code. M61.52 groups more specific codes and cannot be submitted on a claim. A valid ICD-10-CM code must be reported at the highest level of specificity available in its branch. Select one of the 3 billable codes beneath M61.52.
M61.52 at a glance
| Code | M61.52 |
|---|---|
| Description | Other ossification of muscle, upper arm |
| Billable | No — header code |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
How is M61.52 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to M61.52. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Ossification › muscle › specified NEC › upper arm
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M60-M63
The conditions below can never be reported together with M61.52 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 13
The conditions below are not part of M61.52, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M61.52 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- arthropathic psoriasis (L40.5-)
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- compartment syndrome (traumatic) (T79.A-)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from M60-M63
The conditions below are not part of M61.52, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M61.52 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72)
What codes fall under M61.52? (3)
How long has M61.52 existed?
M61.52 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the M61.5 family? (9)
- M61.50Other ossification of muscle, unspecified site
- M61.51Other ossification of muscle, shouldernot billable
- M61.53Other ossification of muscle, forearmnot billable
- M61.54Other ossification of muscle, handnot billable
- M61.55Other ossification of muscle, thighnot billable
- M61.56Other ossification of muscle, lower legnot billable
- M61.57Other ossification of muscle, ankle and footnot billable
- M61.58Other ossification of muscle, other site
- M61.59Other ossification of muscle, multiple sites