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G37.5
Concentric sclerosis [Balo] of central nervous system
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Concentric sclerosis [Balo] of central nervous system
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Myelitis
- Phrenitis
- Cephalitis
- Cerebritis
- Ependymitis
- Cerebellitis
- Fever > brain
- Ventriculitis
- Febris, febrile
- Meningomyelitis
- Mesencephalitis
- Myelomeningitis
- Parencephalitis
- Syringomyelitis
- Fever > cerebral
- Radiculomyelitis
- Encephalomyelitis
- Meningocerebritis
- Myeloencephalitis
- Encephalomeningitis
- Meningoencephalitis
- Meningomyeloneuritis
- Encephalomeningomyelitis
- Encephalomyelomeningitis
- Meningoencephalomyelitis
- Poliomeningoencephalitis
- Fever > viral hemorrhagic
- Myelopathy > in > infection
- Disease, diseased > cerebral
- Infection, infected, infective > brain
- Disease, diseased > brain > inflammatory
- Disease, diseased > cerebellar, cerebellum
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > brain
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > cerebral
- Infection, infected, infective > spinal cord NOS
- Inflammation, inflamed, inflammatory > spinal > cord
- Balo's disease
- Encephalitis > periaxialis
- Sclerosis, sclerotic > concentric
- Greenfield's disease > meaning > concentric sclerosis
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G37.0 | Diffuse sclerosis of central nervous system | Valid |
| G37.1 | Central demyelination of corpus callosum | Valid |
| G37.2 | Central pontine myelinolysis | Valid |
| G37.3 | Acute transverse myelitis in demyelinating disease of central nervous system | Valid |
| G37.4 | Subacute necrotizing myelitis of central nervous system | Valid |
| G37.8 | Other specified demyelinating diseases of central nervous system | Not billable |
| G37.9 | Demyelinating disease of central nervous system, unspecified | Valid |