Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 335.21
Progressive muscular atrophy
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • ICD-9-CM 335.21 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 335.21 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).
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 335.21 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM G12.21 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Clinical Information
  • A rare, milder form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It is characterized by a slowly progressive clinical course. Signs and symptoms include muscle weakness, atrophy, and fasciculation
  • Group of disorders marked by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord resulting in weakness and muscular atrophy, usually without evidence of injury to the corticospinal tracts
Applies To
  • Duchenne-Aran muscular atrophy
  • Progressive muscular atrophy (pure)
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 335.21:
  • Amyotrophia, amyotrophy, amyotrophic 728.2
    • spinal progressive 335.21
  • Atrophy, atrophic
    • Aran-Duchenne muscular 335.21
    • Cruveilhier's 335.21
    • Duchenne-Aran 335.21
  • Creeping
    • palsy 335.21
    • paralysis 335.21
  • Cruveilhier's disease 335.21
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Cruveilhier's 335.21
    • wasting NEC 799.4
      • due to malnutrition 261
      • paralysis 335.21
  • Duchenne-Aran myelopathic, muscular atrophy (nonprogressive) (progressive) 335.21
  • Palsy (see also Paralysis) 344.9
    • creeping 335.21
    • wasting 335.21
  • Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
    • atrophic 356.9
      • infantile, acute (see also Poliomyelitis, with paralysis) 045.1
      • muscle NEC 355.9
      • progressive 335.21
      • spinal (acute) (see also Poliomyelitis, with paralysis) 045.1
    • creeping 335.21
    • muscular (atrophic) 359.9
      • progressive 335.21
    • wasting 335.21
  • Poliomyelitis (acute) (anterior) (epidemic) 045.9
    • chronic 335.21
  • Wasting
    • palsy, paralysis 335.21
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