G71.0

G71.0: Muscular dystrophy

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

G71.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for muscular dystrophy. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G71.0

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on G71: Primary disorders of muscles

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

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead G71.0

5 child codes. Green means billable.

G71.00Muscular dystrophy, unspecified
G71.01Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy
G71.02Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
G71.03Limb girdle muscular dystrophies
G71.09Other specified muscular dystrophies

Other codes under G71

G71.1Myotonic disorders
G71.2Congenital myopathies
G71.3Mitochondrial myopathy, not elsewhere classified
G71.8Other primary disorders of muscles
G71.9Primary disorder of muscle, unspecified