G72Other myopathies
Code usage status
Primary diagnosis
Select a more specific code
Apply only when it matches the confirmed diagnosis and the documented clinical record.
Specificity
Do not use G72 directly
Use the most specific code supported by the record.
- Chapter VI
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Group G70-G73
- Diseases of myoneural junction and muscle
- Official Vietnamese name
- Bệnh lý cơ khác
- Additional WHO coding guidance
- Excl.: arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3) dermatopolymyositis (M33.-) ischaemic infarction of muscle (M62.2) myositis (M60.-)
Related G72 codes
G72.0
Primary diagnosis candidate
Drug-induced myopathy
G72.1
Primary diagnosis candidate
Alcoholic myopathy
G72.2
Primary diagnosis candidate
Myopathy due to other toxic agents
G72.3
Primary diagnosis candidate
Periodic paralysis
G72.4
Primary diagnosis candidate
Inflammatory myopathy, not elsewhere classified
G72.8
Primary diagnosis candidate
Other specified myopathies
G72.9
Primary diagnosis candidate
Myopathy, unspecified
Clinical record checklist
View coding guide →- Confirm that the code matches the final documented diagnosis.
- Use one primary-diagnosis code and record only relevant additional conditions.
- Review Ministry indicators, inclusions, exclusions and notes.
- Do not infer a diagnosis beyond the clinical record.
2026 regulatory basis
Indicators are taken from columns 24–29 of the classification accompanying Circular 06/2026/TT-BYT, cross-referenced with Decision 1849/QĐ-BYT and Official Dispatch 4059/BYT-BH.
