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FY2027

G71.038 — Other limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Billable

Is G71.038 billable?

Yes — G71.038 is billable for FY2027. G71.038 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. G71.038 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.

G71.038 at a glance

CodeG71.038
DescriptionOther limb girdle muscular dystrophy
BillableYes
Code setICD-10-CM FY2027
Valid for encountersOctober 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027

Which MS-DRGs does G71.038 group to?

G71.038 sits in MDC 01 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.

  • 091Other Disorders of Nervous System with MCCmedical
  • 092Other Disorders of Nervous System with CCmedical
  • 093Other Disorders of Nervous System without CC/MCCmedical

How is G71.038 listed in the Alphabetic Index?

These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to G71.038. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.

  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › Leyden-Möbius › meaning Limb girdle muscular dystrophy, specified type NEC
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › autosomal recessive NEC
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › FKRP-related autosomal recessive
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R7
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R8
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R10
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R11
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R13
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R14
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R15
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R16
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia › muscular › limb-girdle › R17

Inclusion terms

Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to G71.038.

  • LGMD R22 collagen 6-related
  • Other autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 6

The conditions below are not part of G71.038, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, G71.038 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from G71

The conditions below are not part of G71.038, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, G71.038 and the excluded code may both be reported.

  • arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
  • metabolic disorders (E70-E88)
  • myositis (M60.-)

How long has G71.038 existed?

G71.038 first appears in FY2023.

Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.

What other codes are in the G71.03 family? (7)