Welcome to the ICD‐10 code for sarcopenia

By S. Anker, J. Morley, S. von Haehling. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2016

850 citations recorded by the source corpus.

The new ICD‐10‐CM (M62.84) code for sarcopenia represents a major step forward in recognizing sarcopenia as a disease. This should lead to an increase in availability of diagnostic tools and the enthusiasm for pharmacological companies to develop drugs for sarcopenia.

Subfields: Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology

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Citations in the corpus

• Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management (2019, neutral): “…on the treatment of sarcopenia is that an International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) code has been recently awarded to sarcopenia (102, 103), which may be beneficial in terms of claiming for healthcare reimbursement, depending on the country.”