ICD-10-CM Codes
G00-G99
G70-G73
G72-
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G72.81

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G72.81

Critical illness myopathy

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Billable/Specific Code

G72.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G72.81 became effective on October 1, 2022.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G72.81 - other international versions of ICD-10 G72.81 may differ.

Applicable To

Acute necrotizing myopathy
Acute quadriplegic myopathy
Intensive care (ICU) myopathy
Myopathy of critical illness

The following code(s) above G72.81 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 G72.81:

G00-G99
2023 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
G72
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G72
Other and unspecified myopathies
Type 1 Excludes
- arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
- dermatopolymyositis (M33.-)
- ischemic infarction of muscle (M62.2-)
- myositis (M60.-)
- polymyositis (M33.2.-)
Other and unspecified myopathies

Approximate Synonyms

Myopathy, critical illness

ICD-10-CM G72.81 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):

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

Convert G72.81 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change

Code annotations containing back-references to G72.81:

Use Additional: R65.11
, R65.2

ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R65.11
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin with acute organ dysfunction
Use Additional
- code to identify specific acute organ dysfunction, such as:
- acute kidney failure (N17.-)
- acute respiratory failure (J96.0-)
- critical illness myopathy (G72.81)
- critical illness polyneuropathy (G62.81)
- disseminated intravascular coagulopathy [DIC] (D65)
- encephalopathy (metabolic) (septic) (G93.41)
- hepatic failure (K72.0-)
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R65.2
Severe sepsis
Applicable To
- Infection with associated acute organ dysfunction
- Sepsis with acute organ dysfunction
- Sepsis with multiple organ dysfunction
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome due to infectious process with acute organ dysfunction
Code First
- underlying infection, such as:
- infection following a procedure (T81.4-)
- infections following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.2-)
- puerperal sepsis (O85)
- sepsis following complete or unspecified spontaneous abortion (O03.87)
- sepsis following ectopic and molar pregnancy (O08.82)
- sepsis following incomplete spontaneous abortion (O03.37)
- sepsis following (induced) termination of pregnancy (O04.87)
- sepsis NOS (A41.9)
Use Additional
- code to identify specific acute organ dysfunction, such as:
- acute kidney failure (N17.-)
- acute respiratory failure (J96.0-)
- critical illness myopathy (G72.81)
- critical illness polyneuropathy (G62.81)
- disseminated intravascular coagulopathy [DIC] (D65)
- encephalopathy (metabolic) (septic) (G93.41)
- hepatic failure (K72.0-)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G72.81:

Myopathy G72.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G72.9
Myopathy, unspecified
- acute
  - necrotizing G72.81
  - quadriplegic G72.81
- critical illness G72.81
- intensive care G72.81 (ICU)
- of critical illness G72.81

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G72.81

G71.9 Primary disorder of muscle, unspecified

G72 Other and unspecified myopathies

G72.0 Drug-induced myopathy

G72.1 Alcoholic myopathy

G72.2 Myopathy due to other toxic agents

G72.3 Periodic paralysis

G72.4 Inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified

G72.41 Inclusion body myositis [IBM]

G72.49 Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified

G72.8 Other specified myopathies

G72.81 Critical illness myopathy

G72.89 Other specified myopathies

G72.9 Myopathy, unspecified

G73 Disorders of myoneural junction and muscle in diseases classified elsewhere

G73.1 Lambert-Eaton syndrome in neoplastic disease

G73.3 Myasthenic syndromes in other diseases classified elsewhere

G73.7 Myopathy in diseases classified elsewhere

G80 Cerebral palsy

G80.0 Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy

G80.1 Spastic diplegic cerebral palsy

G80.2 Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy

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

2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G72.81

Critical illness myopathy

Diseases of the nervous system

Other and unspecified myopathies

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin with acute organ dysfunction

Severe sepsis

Myopathy, unspecified