ICD-10 Code for Muscle Spasm
Also searched as muscle spasms
The ICD-10-CM code for muscle spasm is M62.838 — Other muscle spasm. It is billable for FY2027.
Muscle spasm ICD-10 codes at a glance
| Condition | Muscle spasm |
|---|---|
| Code | M62.838 — Other muscle spasm |
| Billable | Yes (M62.838) |
| Alphabetic Index entry | Spasm, spastic, spasticity, muscle NEC |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027, valid October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
What changes the muscle spasm code?
The Alphabetic Index lists these qualifiers under Spasm, spastic, spasticity, muscle NEC. If the record documents one of them, the code changes. Verify the code in the Tabular List before reporting it.
| back | M62.830 | Muscle spasm of back |
What does the Tabular List say about M62.838?
The instructional notes that govern M62.838, including those it inherits from its category and chapter. An Excludes1 note means the two codes are never reported together.
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M60-M63
The conditions below can never be reported together with M62.838 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from M62
The conditions below can never be reported together with M62.838 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 M62.838, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M62.838 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 M62.838, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M62.838 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- muscular dystrophies and myopathies (G71-G72)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from M62
The conditions below are not part of M62.838, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M62.838 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from M62.8
The conditions below are not part of M62.838, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, M62.838 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- nontraumatic hematoma of muscle (M79.81)
Codes, descriptions and Index entries are from the official ICD-10-CM FY2027 release. Guideline text is quoted from the ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY 2027. A code must always be verified in the Tabular List before it is reported. Data sources