G71.039 — Limb girdle muscular dystrophy, unspecified
G71.039 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for limb girdle muscular dystrophy, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
G71.039 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
G71.039 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies — 4 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
- A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A56621Billing and Coding: Swallowing Studies for Dysphagia
How G71.039 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 G71.039.
- Dystrophy, dystrophia›Leyden-Möbius
- Dystrophy, dystrophia›Leyden-Möbius›meaning Limb girdle muscular dystrophy NOS
- Dystrophy, dystrophia›muscular›limb-girdle
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G71.03. If G71.039 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
- G71.033Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin 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
Questions about G71.039
- Is G71.039 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. G71.039 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does G71.039 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (G70-G73).