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Diagnosis Code

G72.49 OTH INFLAMMATORY AND IMMUNE MYOPATHIES, NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: G72.49

Short Description: Oth inflammatory and immune myopathies, NEC

Long Description: Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified

The code G72.49 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)
        • G72.49 Oth inflammatory and immune myopathies, NEC

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Autoimmune myopathy
  • Eosinophilic myopathy
  • Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
  • Inflammatory myopathy with abundant macrophages
  • Secondary myopathy
  • Symptomatic inflammatory myopathy

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code G72.49 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0)
  • Connective Tissue Disorders With Mcc (545)
  • Connective Tissue Disorders With Cc (546)
  • Connective Tissue Disorders Without Cc/mcc (547)

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code G72.49 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Inflammatory myopathy NOS

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
G72.49 Right Arrow 359.79 Inflm/immune myopath NEC

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
G72.0 Drug-induced myopathy
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]
G72.8 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

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