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G40.009
Billable

Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset, not intractable, without status epilepticus

Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system

Inclusion Terms

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

Billable Code

G40.009 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.

Inclusion Terms

3 items

From G40.0:

  • Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal EEG spikes
  • Childhood epilepsy with occipital EEG paroxysms

From G40.00:

  • Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset without intractability

Excludes1

6 items

From G40:

  • conversion disorder with seizures (F44.5)
  • convulsions NOS (R56.9)
  • post traumatic seizures (R56.1)
  • seizure (convulsive) NOS (R56.9)
  • seizure of newborn (P90)

From G40.0:

  • adult onset localization-related epilepsy (G40.1-, G40.2-)

Excludes2

12 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)

From G40:

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

Notes

1 item

From G40:

  • the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
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