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G44 - Other headache syndromes

ICD-10-CM Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system · G40-G47 Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47) · Top-level category · FY2027

Coding Guidance

G44 is a non-billable heading. Report one of the 7 more specific codes below.

Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom G44

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

  • headache NOS (R51.9)
Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom G44

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

  • atypical facial pain (G50.1)
  • headache due to lumbar puncture (G97.1)
  • migraines (G43.-)
  • trigeminal neuralgia (G50.0)
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)

More Specific Codes (7)

G44.0Cluster headaches and other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC)→G44.1Vascular headache, not elsewhere classified→G44.2Tension-type headache→G44.3Post-traumatic headache→G44.4Drug-induced headache, not elsewhere classified→G44.5Complicated headache syndromes→G44.8Other specified headache syndromes→

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