G71.03
Limb girdle muscular dystrophies
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
G71code
G00-G99chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
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Alongside this code 4 same parent — G71.0
Subordinate codes 8
G71.031 Autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy G71.032 Autosom recess limb girdle musc dyst d/t calpain-3 dysfnct G71.033 Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin dysfunction G71.034 Limb girdle musc dyst due to sarcoglycan dysfunction G71.035 Limb girdle musc dyst due to anoctamin-5 dysfunction G71.036 Limb girdle musc dyst due to fukutin related protein dysfnct G71.038 Other limb girdle muscular dystrophy G71.039 Limb girdle muscular dystrophy, unspecified
Medications 1
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