Is G71.036 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. G71.036 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does G71.036 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (G70-G73).

G71.036

G71.036 — Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to fukutin related protein dysfunction

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G71.036 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to fukutin related protein dysfunction. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

LGMD R9 FKRP-related
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to FKRP deficiency
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I

Risk adjustment

G71.036 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

G71.036 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies — 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

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A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy

How G71.036 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 G71.036.

Dystrophy, dystrophia›muscular›limb-girdle›R9(autosomal recessive)
Dystrophy, dystrophia›muscular›limb-girdle›type 2I(autosomal recessive)
Dystrophy, dystrophia›muscular›limb-girdle›due to›fukutin related protein dysfunction

Related codes at this level

Codes that share G71.03. If G71.036 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about G71.036

Is G71.036 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. G71.036 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does G71.036 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (G70-G73).