G40 Non-Billable Code
Epilepsy and recurrent seizures
Chapter Classification
Chapter 6
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Section Detail
G40-G47
Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes1
- conversion disorder with seizures (F44.5)
- convulsions NOS (R56.9)
- post traumatic seizures (R56.1)
- seizure (convulsive) NOS (R56.9)
- seizure of newborn (P90)
excludes2
- hippocampal sclerosis (G93.81)
- mesial temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
- temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
- Todd's paralysis (G83.84)
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- G40.0 - Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset
- G40.1 - Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures
- G40.2 - Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures
- G40.3 - Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes
- G40.4 - Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes
- G40.5 - Epileptic seizures related to external causes
- G40.8 - Other epilepsy and recurrent seizures
- G40.9 - Epilepsy, unspecified
- G40.A - Absence epileptic syndrome
- G40.B - Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy [impulsive petit mal]
- G40.C - Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy
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