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G31

Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 5 more specific codes instead:

  • G31.0 Frontotemporal dementia (also a header)
  • G31.1 Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified
  • G31.2 Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol
  • G31.8 Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system (also a header)
  • G31.9 Degenerative disease of nervous system, unspecified

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

This code

Excludes2 - not included here

  • Reye's syndrome (G93.7)

Use additional code

  • code, if applicable, for codes G31.0-G31.83, G31.85-G31.9, to identify:
  • dementia with anxiety (F02.84, F02.A4, F02.B4, F02.C4)
  • dementia with behavioral disturbance (F02.81-, F02.A1-, F02.B1-, F02.C1-)
  • dementia with mood disturbance (F02.83, F02.A3, F02.B3, F02.C3)
  • dementia with psychotic disturbance (F02.82, F02.A2, F02.B2, F02.C2)
  • dementia without behavioral disturbance (F02.80, F02.A0, F02.B0, F02.C0)
  • mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)