2021 ICD-10-CM Code G71.8
Other primary disorders of muscles
Valid for Submission
G71.8 is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of other primary disorders of muscles. The code G71.8 is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
The ICD-10-CM code G71.8 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like alpha-b crystallin-related late-onset myopathy, amyotrophy due to herpes zoster, benign monomelic amyotrophy, childhood-onset autosomal recessive myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction , fatal infantile hypertonic myofibrillar myopathy, etc.
| ICD-10: | G71.8 |
| Short Description: | Other primary disorders of muscles |
| Long Description: | Other primary disorders of muscles |
Code Classification
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code G71.8 are found in the index:
- - Amyotrophia, amyotrophy, amyotrophic - G71.8
- - Myopathy - G72.9
- - hereditary - G71.9
- - specified NEC - G71.8
- - primary - G71.9
- - specified NEC - G71.8
- - hereditary - G71.9
Approximate Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Alpha-B crystallin-related late-onset myopathy
- Amyotrophy due to herpes zoster
- Benign monomelic amyotrophy
- Childhood-onset autosomal recessive myopathy with external ophthalmoplegia
- Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction
- Fatal infantile hypertonic myofibrillar myopathy
- Hereditary hollow viscus myopathy
- Hereditary inclusion body myopathy type 4
- Hereditary myopathy limited to females
- Hollow visceral myopathy
- Myofibrillar myopathy
- Myofibrillar myopathy
- Myopathy due to calsequestrin and SERCA1 protein overload
- Myopathy with cytoplasmic inclusions
- Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- Proximal myopathy
- Proximal myopathy with extrapyramidal signs
- X-linked limb girdle muscular dystrophy with normal dystrophin
- X-linked muscular dystrophy with limb girdle distribution
- X-linked myopathy with postural muscle atrophy
Convert G71.8 to ICD-9 Code
The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code G71.8 its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.
- 359.89 - Myopathies NEC (Approximate Flag)
Information for Patients
Muscle Disorders
Also called: Myopathy
Your muscles help you move and help your body work. Different types of muscles have different jobs. There are many problems that can affect muscles. Muscle disorders can cause weakness, pain or even paralysis.
Causes of muscle disorders include
- Injury or overuse, such as sprains or strains, cramps or tendinitis
- A genetic disorder, such as muscular dystrophy
- Some cancers
- Inflammation, such as myositis
- Diseases of nerves that affect muscles
- Infections
- Certain medicines
Sometimes the cause is not known.
- Caring for muscle spasticity or spasms (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Compartment syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Contracture deformity (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Creatine phosphokinase test (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Electromyography (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Eyelid twitch (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Hypotonia (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Muscle aches (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Muscle atrophy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Muscle function loss (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Muscle twitching (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Rhabdomyolysis (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Weakness (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Code History
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016 (First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set)