Diagnosis Code

G72.0 DRUG-INDUCED MYOPATHY


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: G72.0

Short Description: Drug-induced myopathy

Long Description: Drug-induced myopathy

The code G72.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)
    • Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (G70-G73)
      • Other and unspecified myopathies (G72)
        • G72.0 Drug-induced myopathy

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Antibiotic-induced neuromuscular blocking
  • Chloroquine myopathy
  • Drug-induced dermatomyositis
  • Drug-induced myasthenia
  • Drug-induced myasthenia
  • Drug-induced myasthenia
  • Drug-induced myopathy
  • Drug-induced polymyositis
  • Mechanical strabismus
  • Mechanical strabismus due to disorder of skeletal muscle caused by local anesthetic
  • Myopathy caused by local anesthetic
  • Penicillamine-induced myasthenia
  • Polymyositis
  • Secondary myopathy
  • Steroid-induced myopathy
  • Toxic neuromuscular junction disorder
  • Toxic neuromuscular junction disorder
  • Toxic neuromuscular junction disorder

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code G72.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

    Crosswalk Information

    ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
    G72.0 Right Arrow 359.4 Toxic myopathy

    This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

    Similar Codes

    ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
    G72 Other and unspecified myopathies
    G72.1 Alcoholic myopathy
    G72.2 Myopathy due to other toxic agents
    G72.3 Periodic paralysis
    G72.4 Inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified
    G72.41 Inclusion body myositis [IBM]
    G72.49 Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified
    G72.8 Other specified myopathies
    G72.81 Critical illness myopathy
    G72.89 Other specified myopathies
    G72.9 Myopathy, unspecified


    This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023