AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2022 Issue 4; New/Revised ICD-10-CM Codes
Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies
Subcategory G71.0, Muscular dystrophy, has been expanded, and a new sub-subcategory (G71.03) has been created for limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD). New codes were created to uniquely identify several subtypes of LGMD as listed below:G71.031, Autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy G71.032, Autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to calpain-3 dysfunction G71.033, Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin dysfunction G71.0340, Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction, unspecified G71.0341, Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to alpha sarcoglycan dysfunction G71.0342, Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to beta sarcoglycan dysfunction G71...
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