G72.49

Applicable To

• Inflammatory myopathy NOS

Approximate Synonyms

• Inflammatory disorder of muscle

• Myopathy due to disseminated lupus erythematosus

• Myopathy, inflammatory

• Myopathy, inflammatory paraneoplastic

• Myopathy, symptomatic inflammatory

• Paraneoplastic myositis

• Sle systemic lupus erythematosis) with myopathy

Clinical Information

• A disorder characterized by inflammation involving the skeletal muscles.

• An inflammatory process affecting the skeletal muscles. Causes include infections, injuries, and autoimmune disorders.

• Inflammation of a muscle or muscle tissue.

• Inflammation of skeletal muscle, not including inflammation of cardiac muscle

• Inflammation of skeletal muscle.

• Myositis is inflammation of your skeletal muscles, which are also called the voluntary muscles. These are the muscles you consciously control that help you move your body. An injury, infection or autoimmune disease can cause myositis. The diseases dermatomyositis and polymyositis both involve myositis. Polymyositis causes muscle weakness, usually in the muscles closest to the trunk of your body. Dermatomyositis causes muscle weakness, plus a skin rash. Both diseases are usually treated with prednisone, a steroid medicine, and sometimes other medicines.

Details

• G72.49 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

• Short description: Oth inflammatory and immune myopathies, NEC

• The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G72.49 became effective on October 1, 2022.

• This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G72.49 – other international versions of ICD-10 G72.49 may differ.