ICD-10-CM · Chapter 6 · G00–G99
G72.9
Myopathy, unspecified
Diseases of the nervous system
Quick facts
- Code
- G72.9
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 6 — Diseases of the nervous system
- Category
- G72 — Other and unspecified myopathies
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM G72.9 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of myopathy, unspecified. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in G72
- G72Other and unspecified myopathies
- G72.0Drug-induced myopathy
- G72.1Alcoholic myopathy
- G72.2Myopathy due to other toxic agents
- G72.3Periodic paralysis
- G72.4Inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified
- G72.41Inclusion body myositis [IBM]
- G72.49Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified
- G72.8Other specified myopathies
- G72.81Critical illness myopathy
- G72.89Other specified myopathies
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