ICD-10-CM Codes
G00-G99 Diseases of the nervous system
G70-G73 Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle
G71- Primary disorders of muscles
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71.09

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71.09

Other specified muscular dystrophies

2019 - New Code

2020

2021

Billable/Specific Code

G71.09 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM G71.09 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G71.09 - other international versions of ICD-10 G71.09 may differ.

Applicable To

Benign scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy with early contractures [Emery-Dreifuss]
Congenital muscular dystrophy NOS
Congenital muscular dystrophy with specific morphological abnormalities of the muscle fiber
Distal muscular dystrophy
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
Ocular muscular dystrophy
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy
Scapuloperoneal muscular dystrophy

The following code(s) above G71.09 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to G71.09:

G00-G99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range G00-G99
Diseases of the nervous system
Type 2 Excludes
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Diseases of the nervous system
G71
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71
Primary disorders of muscles
Type 2 Excludes
- arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
- metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
- myositis (M60.-)
Primary disorders of muscles

ICD-10-CM G71.09 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):

091 Other disorders of nervous system with mcc
092 Other disorders of nervous system with cc
093 Other disorders of nervous system without cc/mcc

Code History

2019 (effective 10/1/2018): New code
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G71.09:

Cardiomyopathy (familial) (idiopathic) I42.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I42.9
Cardiomyopathy, unspecified
Applicable To
Cardiomyopathy (primary) (secondary) NOS
- due to
  - progressive muscular dystrophy G71.09
Dystrophy, dystrophia
- muscular G71.00
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71.00
  Muscular dystrophy, unspecified
  2019 - New Code 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
  - benign (Becker type) G71.01
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71.01
    Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy
    2019 - New Code 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    Autosomal recessive, childhood type, muscular dystrophy resembling Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy
    Benign [Becker] muscular dystrophy
    Severe [Duchenne] muscular dystrophy
    - scapuloperoneal with early contractures [Emery-Dreifuss] G71.09
  - congenital (hereditary) (progressive) (with specific morphological abnormalities of the muscle fiber) G71.09
  - progressive (hereditary) G71.09
  - distal G71.09
  - Emery-Dreifuss G71.09
  - hereditary G71.09 (progressive)
  - limb-girdle G71.09
  - scapuloperoneal G71.09
  - specified type NEC G71.09
- Leyden-Möbius G71.09
- ocular G71.09
- oculopharyngeal G71.09
- scapuloperoneal G71.09
Hypertrophy, hypertrophic
- pseudomuscular G71.09
Leyden-Moebius dystrophy G71.09
Myocardiopathy (congestive) (constrictive) (familial) (hypertrophic nonobstructive) (idiopathic) (infiltrative) (obstructive) (primary) (restrictive) (sporadic) I42.9
- see also Cardiomyopathy
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code I42.9
Cardiomyopathy, unspecified
Applicable To
Cardiomyopathy (primary) (secondary) NOS
- in (due to)
  - progressive muscular dystrophy G71.09
Myopathy G72.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G72.9
Myopathy, unspecified
- distal G71.09
- limb-girdle G71.09
- ocular G71.09
- oculopharyngeal G71.09
Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) G83.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G83.9
Paralytic syndrome, unspecified
- pseudohypertrophic G71.09 (muscle)
Paresis - see also Paralysis
- pseudohypertrophic G71.09
Pseudohypertrophy, muscle G71.09
Syndrome - see also Disease
- scapuloperoneal G71.09

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G71.09

G70.8 Other specified myoneural disorders

G70.80 Lambert-Eaton syndrome, unspecified

G70.81 Lambert-Eaton syndrome in disease classified elsewhere

G70.89 Other specified myoneural disorders

G70.9 Myoneural disorder, unspecified

G71 Primary disorders of muscles

G71.0 Muscular dystrophy

G71.00 …… unspecified

G71.01 Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy

G71.02 Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

G71.09 Other specified muscular dystrophies

G71.1 Myotonic disorders

G71.11 Myotonic muscular dystrophy

G71.12 Myotonia congenita

G71.13 Myotonic chondrodystrophy

G71.14 Drug induced myotonia

G71.19 Other specified myotonic disorders

G71.2 Congenital myopathies

G71.20 Congenital myopathy, unspecifed

G71.21 Nemaline myopathy

G71.22 Centronuclear myopathy

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71.09

Other specified muscular dystrophies

Diseases of the nervous system

Primary disorders of muscles

Cardiomyopathy, unspecified

Muscular dystrophy, unspecified

Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy

Cardiomyopathy, unspecified

Myopathy, unspecified

Paralytic syndrome, unspecified