G71.02
G71.02: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
G71.02 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G71.02 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Scapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Risk adjustment
G71.02 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 197 Muscular Dystrophy0.426 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
G71.02 is named in 17 Medicare coverage policies: 17 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52494High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation Devices - Policy Article
- A52510Mechanical In-exsufflation Devices - Policy Article
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Fascioscapulohumeral myopathy
- Landouzy-Déjérine dystrophy or facioscapulohumeral atrophy
- Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy(Erb's)
- Scapulohumeral myopathy
- Atrophy, atrophic›fascioscapulohumeral(Landouzy- Déjérine)
- Atrophy, atrophic›Landouzy-Déjérine
- Atrophy, atrophic›pseudohypertrophic(muscle)
- Disease, diseased›Erb(-Landouzy)
- Dystrophy, dystrophia›Erb's
- Dystrophy, dystrophia›Landouzy-Déjérine
- Erb's›disease
- Erb's›pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.