359.79 - Other Inflammatory And Immune Myopathies, NEC
The ICD 9 Code for Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, NEC is listed as 359.79.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 359.79 |
| Long Description: | Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, NEC |
| Short Description: | Inflm/immune myopath NEC |
| Chapter: | Diseases Of The Nervous System And Sense Organs |
| Block: | Disorders Of The Peripheral Nervous System (350-359) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Symptomatic inflammatory myopathy
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| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | G72.49 - Other inflammatory and immune myopathies, not elsewhere classified (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 359.79: | |
| 359.71 - Inclusion body myositis | |