G40.4Non-billable
Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes
Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system
Inclusion Terms
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Inclusion Terms
- •Epilepsy with grand mal seizures on awakening
- •Epilepsy with myoclonic absences
- •Epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic seizures
- •Grand mal seizure NOS
- •Nonspecific atonic epileptic seizures
- •Nonspecific clonic epileptic seizures
- •Nonspecific myoclonic epileptic seizures
- •Nonspecific tonic epileptic seizures
- •Nonspecific tonic-clonic epileptic seizures
- •Symptomatic early myoclonic encephalopathy
Coding Guidance
G40.4 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.
Referenced in Diagnoses
Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation
View documentation for tonic clonic epilepsy
tonic clonic epilepsy
View TemplatesGeneralized Tonic-Clonic Epilepsy
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.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
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Excludes2
From G00-G99:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •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)
Notes
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Notes
From G40:
- •the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled