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G32.81
Billable

Cerebellar ataxia in diseases classified elsewhere

Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system

Excludes1

2 items
  • systemic atrophy primarily affecting the central nervous system in alcoholic cerebellar ataxia (G31.2)
  • systemic atrophy primarily affecting the central nervous system in myxedema (G13.2)

Code First

4 items
  • underlying disease, such as:
  • celiac disease (with gluten ataxia) (K90.0)
  • cerebellar ataxia (in) neoplastic disease (paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration) (C00-D49)
  • non-celiac gluten ataxia (M35.9)

Billable Code

G32.81 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes1

1 item

From G32.8:

  • superior hemorrhagic polioencephalitis [Wernicke's encephalopathy] (E51.2)

Excludes2

8 items

From G00-G99:

  • 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)

Code First

5 items

From G32.8:

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • amyloidosis cerebral degeneration (E85.-)
  • cerebral degeneration (due to) hypothyroidism (E00.0-E03.9)
  • cerebral degeneration (due to) neoplasm (C00-D49)
  • cerebral degeneration (due to) vitamin B deficiency, except thiamine (E52-E53.-)
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