Limb girdle muscular dystrophies

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, FY2023 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 8 more specific codes instead:

G71.031 Autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy
G71.032 Autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to calpain-3 dysfunction
G71.033 Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin dysfunction
G71.034 Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction (also a header)
G71.035 Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to anoctamin-5 dysfunction
G71.036 Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to fukutin related protein dysfunction
G71.038 Other limb girdle muscular dystrophy
G71.039 Limb girdle muscular dystrophy, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2023 to now.

FY2023 Added to the code set Limb girdle muscular dystrophies

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
G71.00	Muscular dystrophy, unspecified	Valid
G71.01	Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy	Valid
G71.02	Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy	Valid
G71.09	Other specified muscular dystrophies	Valid