G71.0340: Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction, unspecified
G71.0340 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G71.0340 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Sarcoglycanopathy, NOS
Risk adjustment
G71.0340 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
G71.0340 is named in 10 Medicare coverage policies: 10 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
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Sarcoglycanopathy
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.