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G40.911 - Epilepsy, unspecified, intractable, with status epilepticus

ICD-10-CM Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system · G40-G47 Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47) · Subcategory of G40.91 · FY2027

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom G40

Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.

  • conversion disorder with seizures (F44.5)
  • convulsions NOS (R56.9)
  • post traumatic seizures (R56.1)
  • seizure (convulsive) NOS (R56.9)
  • seizure of newborn (P90)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom G40

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • hippocampal sclerosis (G93.81)
  • mesial temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
  • temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
  • Todd's paralysis (G83.84)
NotesFrom G40

Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

  • the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom Chapter G00-G99

Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.

  • 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)

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