8C71

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Myotonic disorders

Description

Group of inherited muscular disorders associated with clinical and/or electrical myotonia. Myotonia is defined clinically as the occurrence of “delayed relaxation of muscle after voluntary contraction or percussion.”

Exclusions from above levels

  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/155258022 – Metabolic disorders
  • LD26.41 – Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
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  • 18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • 22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Child codes

  • 8C71.0 – Myotonic dystrophy
  • 8C71.1 – Chondrodystrophic myotonia
  • 8C71.2 – Myotonia congenita
  • 8C71.3 – Drug-induced myotonia
  • 8C71.4 – Neuromyotonia
  • 8C71.5 – Pseudomyotonia
  • 8C71.Y – Other specified myotonic disorders
  • 8C71.Z – Myotonic disorders, unspecified

Sibling codes

  • 8C70 – Muscular dystrophy
  • 8C72 – Congenital myopathies
  • 8C73 – Mitochondrial myopathies
  • 8C74 – Periodic paralyses or disorders of muscle membrane excitability
  • 8C75 – Distal myopathies
  • 8C76 – Myofibrillar myopathy
  • 8C77 – Ocular myopathy
  • 8C78 – Malignant hyperthermia or hyperpyrexia
  • 8C7Y – Other specified primary disorders of muscles
  • 8C7Z – Primary disorders of muscles, unspecified

Foundation entity

Myotonic disorders – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/839332886

Part of: 08: Diseases of the nervous system