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G43.1
Non-billable

Migraine with aura

Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system

Inclusion Terms

10 items
  • Basilar migraine
  • Classical migraine
  • Migraine equivalents
  • Migraine preceded or accompanied by transient focal neurological phenomena
  • Migraine triggered seizures
  • Migraine with acute-onset aura
  • Migraine with aura without headache (migraine equivalents)
  • Migraine with prolonged aura
  • Migraine with typical aura
  • Retinal migraine

Excludes1

2 items
  • chronic migraine with aura (G43.E-)
  • persistent migraine aura (G43.5-, G43.6-)

Coding Guidance

G43.1 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

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:

Excludes1

2 items

From G43:

Excludes2

9 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 G43:

  • headache syndromes (G44.-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From G43:

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Notes

1 item

From G43:

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