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ICD-10-CM Codes
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G00-G99
Diseases of the nervous system
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G70-G73
Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle
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G71-
Primary disorders of muscles
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71.21
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71.21
Nemaline myopathy
2021 - New Code Billable/Specific Code
- G71.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- ICD-10-CM G71.21 is a new 2021 ICD-10-CM code that became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G71.21 - other international versions of ICD-10 G71.21 may differ.
The following code(s) above
G71.21 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
G71.21:
- G00-G99
2021 ICD-10-CM Range G00-G99
Diseases of the nervous systemType 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)
- G71
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71
Primary disorders of muscles
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
- metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
- myositis (M60.-)
- G71.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G71.2
Congenital myopathies
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 - Converted to Parent Code Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
- 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
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): New code
- Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
- nemaline body G71.21
- rod body G71.21
- Myopathy G72.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G72.9
Myopathy, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- nemaline G71.21
- rod G71.21 (body)
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G71.21
G71.02 Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
G71.09 Other specified muscular dystrophies
G71.11 Myotonic muscular dystrophy
G71.13 Myotonic chondrodystrophy
G71.19 Other specified myotonic disorders
G71.2 Congenital myopathies
G71.20 Congenital myopathy, unspecifed
G71.21
Nemaline myopathy
G71.220 X-linked myotubular myopathy
G71.228 Other centronuclear myopathy
G71.29 Other congenital myopathy
G71.3 Mitochondrial myopathy, not elsewhere classified
G71.8 Other primary disorders of muscles
G71.9 Primary disorder of muscle, unspecified
G72 Other and unspecified myopathies
G72.0 Drug-induced myopathy
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
