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ICD-10Chapter 6: G00-G99G40

G40

Non-billableSave

Epilepsy and recurrent seizures

Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system

Coding Guidance

G40 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: G00-G99 (Chapter 6)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom G00-G99

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

More Specific Codes (11)

G40.0Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onsetCategory→G40.1Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizuresCategory→G40.2Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizuresCategory→G40.3Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromesCategory→G40.AAbsence epileptic syndromeCategory→G40.BJuvenile myoclonic epilepsy [impulsive petit mal]Category→G40.CLafora progressive myoclonus epilepsyCategory→G40.4Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromesCategory→G40.5Epileptic seizures related to external causesCategory→G40.8Other epilepsy and recurrent seizuresCategory→G40.9Epilepsy, unspecifiedCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system

Range: G00-G99

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for G40

Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset

Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures

Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures

Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes

Absence epileptic syndrome

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy [impulsive petit mal]

Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy

Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes

Epileptic seizures related to external causes

Other epilepsy and recurrent seizures

Epilepsy, unspecified