G71

Primary disorders of muscles

Non-billable header

G71 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • 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)
  • arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
  • metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
  • myositis (M60.-)

More specific codes G71

  • G71.0Muscular dystrophyHeader
  • G71.1Myotonic disordersHeader
  • G71.2Congenital myopathiesHeader
  • G71.3Mitochondrial myopathy, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
  • G71.8Other primary disorders of musclesBillable
  • G71.9Primary disorder of muscle, unspecifiedBillable

Related codes

  • G70Myasthenia gravis and other myoneural disordersHeader
  • G72Other and unspecified myopathiesHeader
  • G73Disorders of myoneural junction and muscle in diseases classified elsewhereHeader

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