2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 728.2
Muscular wasting and disuse atrophy, not elsewhere classified
- A process, occurring in the muscle, that is characterized by a decrease in protein content, fibre diameter, force production and fatigue resistance in response to different conditions such as starvation, aging and disuse. [GOC:mtg_muscle]
- Short description: Musc disuse atrophy NEC.
- ICD-9-CM 728.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 728.2.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 728.2: 2013.
728.2 Alternative Terminology
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Convert 728.2 to ICD-10-CM
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 728.2:
congenita 
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