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728.2 - Muscular Wasting And Disuse Atrophy, Not Elsewhere Classified


The ICD 9 Code for Muscular wasting and disuse atrophy, not elsewhere classified is listed as 728.2.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
ICD 9 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: 728.2
Long Description: Muscular wasting and disuse atrophy, not elsewhere classified
Short Description: Musc disuse atrophy NEC
Chapter: Diseases Of The Musculoskeletal System And Connective Tissue
Block: Rheumatism, Excluding The Back (725-729)
Related Descriptions: Aggressive systemic infantile myofibromatosis
Amyotrophy due to herpes zoster
Atrophic myositis
Benign monomelic amyotrophy
Congenital fibrosis of inferior rectus muscle
Congenital fibrosis syndrome
Denervation atrophy of muscle
Disuse muscle atrophy
Ischemic muscular atrophy
Leg wasted
Muscle atrophy
Muscular atrophy, ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa, and diabetes mellitus
Myofibrosis
On examination - muscle atrophy present
On examination - quadriceps muscle wasting
Parasitic myositis
Severe systemic illness respiratory muscle fatigue
Severe systemic illness-induced respiratory muscle wasting
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD-10-CM Code: M62.50 - Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 728.2:
728.0 - Infective myositis
728.3 - Other specific muscle disorders
728.4 - Laxity of ligament
728.5 - Hypermobility syndrome
728.6 - Contracture of palmar fascia
728.9 - Unspecified disorder of muscle, ligament, and fascia