G51.3Non-billable
Clonic hemifacial spasm
Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system
Coding Guidance
G51.3 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 facial nerve palsy
facial nerve palsy
View TemplatesFacial Nerve Palsy
View documentation for facial twitching
facial twitching
View TemplatesClonic Hemifacial Spasm
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:
Includes
1 item
Includes
From G51:
- •disorders of 7th cranial nerve
Excludes2
8 items
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)