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Specific code 2008 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 359.0
Congenital hereditary muscular dystrophy
  • Short description: CONG HERED MUSC DYSTRPHY.
  • ICD-9-CM 359.0 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 359.0 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 2008 version of ICD-9-CM 359.0.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 359.0: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 359.0 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM G71.2 Congenital myopathies
Approximate Synonyms
  • Central core disease
  • Central core myopathy
  • Congenital anomaly of skeletal muscle
  • Congenital myopathy
  • Hereditary congenital muscular dystrophy
  • Muscular dystrophy, congenital hereditary
  • Muscular dystrophy, hereditary, congenital
  • Myopathy, central core
  • Myopathy, congenital
  • Myopathy, myotubular
  • Myotubular myopathy
  • Walker Walbug muscular dystrophy, congenital
  • Walker walburg congenital muscular dystrophy
  • Walker warburg congenital muscular dystrophy
  • Walker-Warburg congenital muscular dystrophy
359.0 Excludes
  • arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (754.89)
Applies To
  • Benign congenital myopathy
  • Central core disease
  • Centronuclear myopathy
  • Myotubular myopathy
  • Nemaline body disease
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 359.0:
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • central core 359.0
    • nemaline body 359.0
  • Dystrophy, dystrophia 783.9
  • Hypotonia, hypotonicity, hypotony 781.3
    • infantile muscular (benign) 359.0
  • Myopathy 359.9
    • benign, congenital 359.0
    • central core 359.0
    • centronuclear 359.0
    • congenital (benign) 359.0
    • myotubular 359.0
    • nemaline 359.0
    • rod body 359.0
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