G72.8 Other specified myopathies

Non-billable header with 2 child codes.

Applies from G72 Other and unspecified myopathies

Excludes1 (never code together)

• arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)
• dermatopolymyositis (M33.-)
• ischemic infarction of muscle (M62.2-)
• myositis (M60.-)
• polymyositis (M33.2.-)

Codes under G72.8

• G72.81 Critical illness myopathy
• G72.89 Other specified myopathies

Code annotations containing back-references to G72.8

Back-references to G72

• Code First: M62.84 Sarcopenia ("other and unspecified myopathies (G72.-)")

Nearby codes

• 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 (this code)
• G72.81 Critical illness myopathy
• G72.89 Other specified myopathies
• G72.9 Myopathy, unspecified