G71.228: Other centronuclear myopathy
G71.228 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other centronuclear myopathy. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G71.228 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Autosomal centronuclear myopathy
- Autosomal dominant centronuclear myopathy
- Autosomal recessive centronuclear myopathy
- Centronuclear myopathy, NOS
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G71.228
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
G71.228 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
G71.228 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies: 15 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
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Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Myopathy›centronuclear
- Myopathy›centronuclear›autosomal(dominant) (recessive)
- Myopathy›centronuclear›other specified NEC
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.