Congenital myopathies

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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

Billable FY2016 to FY2020, and a category header from FY2021.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

G71.20 Congenital myopathy, unspecified
G71.21 Nemaline myopathy
G71.22 Centronuclear myopathy (also a header)
G71.29 Other congenital myopathy

Use instead:

G71.220 X-linked myotubular myopathy stated for FY2020
G71.228 Other centronuclear myopathy stated for FY2020

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 Congenital myopathies
FY2021 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
G71.0	Muscular dystrophy	Not billable
G71.1	Myotonic disorders	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