Billable Medical Code for Muscle Weakness (Generalized)
Diagnosis Code for Reimbursement Claim: ICD-9-CM 728.87
Code will be replaced by October 2015 and relabeled as ICD-10-CM 728.87.
The Short Description Is: Muscle weakness-general.
Known As
Muscle weakness is also known as muscle weakness and paresis.
Muscle Weakness Definition and Symptoms
Muscle weakness is a reduction in strength of any muscle(s) in the body. There are many common causes for weakness in the muscles such as insomnia, cancer, the flue, or chronic fatigue. Symptoms are a loss of strength in the muscle even though no detectable loss of strength is present.