G71.033 — Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin dysfunction
G71.033 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin dysfunction. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Dysferlinopathy
- LGMD R2 dysferlin-related
- Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B
- Miyoshi Myopathy type 1
Risk adjustment
G71.033 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.
Medicare coverage
G71.033 is named in 18 Medicare coverage policies — 18 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A52494High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation Devices - Policy Article
- A52510Mechanical In-exsufflation Devices - Policy Article
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
How G71.033 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to G71.033.
- Dysferlinopathy
- Dystrophy, dystrophia›muscular›limb-girdle›R2(autosomal recessive)
- Dystrophy, dystrophia›muscular›limb-girdle›type 2B(autosomal recessive)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G71.03. If G71.033 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- G71.031Autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy
- G71.032Autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to calpain-3 dysfunction
- G71.034Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction
- G71.035Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to anoctamin-5 dysfunction
- G71.036Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to fukutin related protein dysfunction
- G71.038Other limb girdle muscular dystrophy
- G71.039Limb girdle muscular dystrophy, unspecified
Questions about G71.033
- Is G71.033 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. G71.033 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does G71.033 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (G70-G73).