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359.79 INFLM/IMMUNE MYOPATH NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 359.79

Short Description: Inflm/immune myopath NEC

Long Description: Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, NEC

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Disorders of the peripheral nervous system (350-359)
      • 359 Muscular dystrophies and other myopathies
        • 359.79 Inflm/immune myopath NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Idiopathic inflammatory myopathy
  • Symptomatic inflammatory myopathy

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 359.79 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Myopathy 359.9
    • inflammatory 359.79
      • immune NEC 359.79
      • specified NEC 359.79

Crosswalk Information

The code 359.79 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
359.79 Right Arrow G72.49 Oth inflammatory and immune myopathies, NEC
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
359.0 Congenital hereditary muscular dystrophy
359.1 Hereditary progressive muscular dystrophy
359.21 Myotonic muscular dystrophy
359.22 Myotonia congenita
359.23 Myotonic chondrodystrophy
359.24 Drug- induced myotonia
359.29 Other specified myotonic disorder
359.3 Periodic paralysis
359.4 Toxic myopathy
359.5 Myopathy in endocrine diseases classified elsewhere
359.6 Symptomatic inflammatory myopathy in diseases classified elsewhere
359.71 Inclusion body myositis
359.81 Critical illness myopathy
359.89 Other myopathies
359.9 Myopathy, unspecified

This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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