Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system

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 9 more specific codes instead:

G31.80 Leukodystrophy, unspecified
G31.81 Alpers disease
G31.82 Leigh's disease
G31.83 Neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies
G31.84 Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology
G31.85 Corticobasal degeneration
G31.86 Alexander disease
G31.87 Primary progressive apraxia of speech
G31.89 Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system

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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system

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.

Inherited from G31 Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified

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-)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
G31.0	Frontotemporal dementia	Not billable
G31.1	Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified	Valid
G31.2	Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol	Valid
G31.9	Degenerative disease of nervous system, unspecified	Valid