ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G70-G73 › G71 Primary disorders of muscles › G71.0
G71.0
Muscular dystrophy
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:
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 Muscular dystrophy
- FY2019 Stopped being billable
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.
Inherited from G71 Primary disorders of muscles
Excludes2 - not included here
- arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
- metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
- myositis (M60.-)
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G71.1 | Myotonic disorders | Not billable |
| G71.2 | Congenital myopathies | Not billable |
| G71.3 | Mitochondrial myopathy, not elsewhere classified | Valid |
| G71.8 | Other primary disorders of muscles | Valid |
| G71.9 | Primary disorder of muscle, unspecified | Valid |