G71.034Limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction

G71.034 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction. It belongs to category G71 (primary disorders of muscles), block G70-G73 (diseases of myoneural junction and muscle) and chapter 6 (diseases of the nervous system). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 4 subcodes must be used instead.

Within G71.03 (limb girdle muscular dystrophies), G71.034 is specifically for limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to sarcoglycan dysfunction. Related codes cover autosomal dominant limb girdle muscular dystrophy (G71.031), autosomal recessive limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to calpain-3 dysfunction (G71.032), limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to dysferlin dysfunction (G71.033), limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to anoctamin-5 dysfunction (G71.035), limb girdle muscular dystrophy due to fukutin related protein dysfunction (G71.036), other limb girdle muscular dystrophy (G71.038) and limb girdle muscular dystrophy, unspecified (G71.039).

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: G71.0340 (unspecified), G71.0341 (dysfunction), G71.0342 (dysfunction) and G71.0349 (dysfunction).

It was added in FY2023, effective October 1, 2022.