Congenital myopathy with structural abnormalities

Definition

Distinct group of inherited disorders of skeletal muscles which have characteristic structural abnormalities on muscle immuno-histochemistry.

Exclusions

• Myasthenia gravis or certain specified neuromuscular junction disorders
• Secondary myopathies

5 subordinate codes

• 8C72.00Nemaline myopathy
• 8C72.01Centronuclear myopathy
• 8C72.02Central core disease
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Congenital myopathies

• 8C72.1Congenital myopathy with no structural abnormalities
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified