Within ICD-9-CM, you may select codes Home Â» Coding Â» ICD-9-CM: NOS vs. NEC. ICD-9-CM: NOS vs. NEC. By John Verhovshek In Coding. NOS codes are never favored, and claims submitted with such diagnoses may be rejected for lack of medical necessity and/or specificity.
The muscle diagram on InnerBody.com shows the entire human body with a number of specific muscles marked by green dots. The two-dimensional interactive map is divided into a number of muscle areas for closer examination. Areas include the head and neck, chest and upper back, leg and foot, and arm and hand.
The gastrocnemius is one of the most easily visible muscles in the human body--the structure that gives the calf its characteristic bulging shape. It is this shape that inspired the name of the muscle: belly of the leg, from the Greek gaster (belly) and kneme (leg).