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G72.81 - Critical illness myopathy


The ICD 10 Code for Critical illness myopathy is listed as G72.81.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: G72.81
Description: Critical illness myopathy
  • Acute necrotizing myopathy
  • Acute quadriplegic myopathy
  • Intensive care (ICU) myopathy
  • Myopathy of critical illness
Diagnostic Related Groups
(MS-DRG v30.0)
091 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W Mcc
092 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W Cc
093 - Other Disorders Of Nervous System W/o Cc/mcc
Chapter Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Block Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle (G70-G73)
Parent G72.8 - Other specified myopathies
ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 9 Dx Code: 359.81 - Critical illness myopathy
ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of G72.81:
G72.89 - Other specified myopathies