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Specific code 2009 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 728.2
Muscular wasting and disuse atrophy not elsewhere classified
  • Short description: MUSC DISUSE ATROPHY NEC.
  • ICD-9-CM 728.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 728.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2009 version of ICD-9-CM 728.2.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 728.2: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 728.2 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM M62.50 Muscle wasting and atrophy, not elsewhere classified, unspecified site
Approximate Synonyms
  • Aggressive systemic infantile myofibromatosis
  • Amyotrophy
  • Amyotrophy due to herpes zoster
  • Atrophic myositis
  • Atrophy of muscle due to disuse
  • Atrophy of muscle, idiopathic
  • Benign monomelic amyotrophy
  • Congenital fibrosis of inferior rectus muscle
  • Congenital fibrosis syndrome
  • Denervation atrophy of muscle
  • Disuse muscle atrophy
  • Idiopathic muscle atrophy
  • Ischemic muscular atrophy
  • Leg wasted
  • Muscle atrophy
  • Muscle atrophy of ankle and foot
  • Muscle atrophy of ankle and/or foot
  • Muscle atrophy of bilat ankles
  • Muscle atrophy of bilat forearms
  • Muscle atrophy of bilat hands
  • Muscle atrophy of bilat lower legs
  • Muscle atrophy of bilat shoulders
  • Muscle atrophy of bilat thighs
  • Muscle atrophy of bilat upper arms
  • Muscle atrophy of bilateral ankles
  • Muscle atrophy of bilateral forearms
  • Muscle atrophy of bilateral hands
  • Muscle atrophy of bilateral lower legs
  • Muscle atrophy of bilateral shoulders
  • Muscle atrophy of bilateral thighs
  • Muscle atrophy of bilateral upper arms
  • Muscle atrophy of forearm
  • Muscle atrophy of hand
  • Muscle atrophy of L ankle and foot
  • Muscle atrophy of L forearm
  • Muscle atrophy of L hand
  • Muscle atrophy of L lower leg
  • Muscle atrophy of L shoulder
  • Muscle atrophy of L thigh
  • Muscle atrophy of L upper arm
  • Muscle atrophy of left ankle
  • Muscle atrophy of left ankle and foot
  • Muscle atrophy of left ankle and/or foot
  • Muscle atrophy of left forearm
  • Muscle atrophy of left hand
  • Muscle atrophy of left lower leg
  • Muscle atrophy of left shoulder
  • Muscle atrophy of left thigh
  • Muscle atrophy of left upper arm
  • Muscle atrophy of lower leg
  • Muscle atrophy of multiple sites
  • Muscle atrophy of R ankle and foot
  • Muscle atrophy of R forearm
  • Muscle atrophy of R hand
  • Muscle atrophy of R lower leg
  • Muscle atrophy of R shoulder
  • Muscle atrophy of R thigh
  • Muscle atrophy of R upper arm
  • Muscle atrophy of right ankle
  • Muscle atrophy of right ankle and foot
  • Muscle atrophy of right ankle and/or foot
  • Muscle atrophy of right forearm
  • Muscle atrophy of right hand
  • Muscle atrophy of right lower leg
  • Muscle atrophy of right shoulder
  • Muscle atrophy of right thigh
  • Muscle atrophy of right upper arm
  • Muscle atrophy of shoulder
  • Muscle atrophy of thigh
  • Muscle atrophy of upper arm
  • 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
728.2 Excludes
  • neuralgic amyotrophy (353.5)
  • pelvic muscle wasting and disuse atrophy (618.83)
  • progressive muscular atrophy (335.0-335.9)
Applies To
  • Amyotrophia NOS
  • Myofibrosis
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 728.2:
  • Amyotonia 728.2
  • Amyotrophia, amyotrophy, amyotrophic 728.2
    • lateral sclerosis (syndrome) 335.20
  • Atonia, atony, atonic
    • abdominal wall 728.2
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • arm 728.2
    • cast, plaster of Paris 728.2
    • disuse
      • bone 733.7
      • muscle 728.2
      • pelvic muscles and anal sphincter 618.83
    • myotatic 728.2
  • Degeneration, degenerative
    • muscular progressive 728.2
  • Fibrosis, fibrotic
    • muscle NEC 728.2
      • iatrogenic (from injection) 999.9
  • Hemiatrophy 799.89
    • leg 728.2
  • Myofibrosis 728.2
    • heart (see also Myocarditis) 429.0
    • humeroscapular region 726.2
  • Myositis 729.1
    • fibrosa or fibrous (chronic) 728.2
      • Volkmann's (complicating trauma) 958.6
  • Wasting
    • muscular NEC 728.2
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