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G71

Primary disorders of muscles

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • G71.0 Muscular dystrophy (also a header)
  • G71.1 Myotonic disorders (also a header)
  • G71.2 Congenital myopathies (also a header)
  • G71.3 Mitochondrial myopathy, not elsewhere classified
  • G71.8 Other primary disorders of muscles
  • G71.9 Primary disorder of muscle, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Primary disorders of muscles

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
  • metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
  • myositis (M60.-)