Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, type I [Werdnig-Hoffman]

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, type I [Werdnig-Hoffman]

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Wasting > muscle NEC
Myelopathic > muscle atrophy
Atrophy, atrophic > disuse NEC
Sclerosis, sclerotic > choroid
Atrophy, atrophic > myopathic NEC
Disorder > choroid > degeneration
Atrophy, atrophic > spinal > muscular
Degeneration, degenerative > chorioretinal
Degeneration, degenerative > Bruch's membrane
Atrophy, atrophic > muscle, muscular > myelopathic
Werdnig-Hoffmann syndrome
Syndrome > Werdnig-Hoffman
Syndrome > Hoffmann-Werdnig
Atrophy, atrophic > Werdnig-Hoffmann
Disease, diseased > Werdnig-Hoffmann
Atrophy, atrophic > muscle, muscular > infantile spinal
Atrophy, atrophic > muscle, muscular > progressive > infantile
Atrophy, atrophic > muscle, muscular > spinal > infantile, type I
Atrophy, atrophic > muscle, muscular > progressive > spinal > infantile

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
G12.1	Other inherited spinal muscular atrophy	Valid
G12.2	Motor neuron disease	Not billable
G12.8	Other spinal muscular atrophies and related syndromes	Valid
G12.9	Spinal muscular atrophy, unspecified	Valid