ICD-10-CM › G00-G99 › G40-G47 › G43 Migraine › G43.C
G43.C
Periodic headache syndromes in child or adult
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:
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 Periodic headache syndromes in child or adult
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 G43 Migraine
Excludes1 - never coded here
- lower half migraine (G44.00)
Excludes2 - not included here
- headache NOS (R51.9)
- headache syndromes (G44.-)
Use additional code
- code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Note
- the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| G43.0 | Migraine without aura | Not billable |
| G43.1 | Migraine with aura | Not billable |
| G43.4 | Hemiplegic migraine | Not billable |
| G43.5 | Persistent migraine aura without cerebral infarction | Not billable |
| G43.6 | Persistent migraine aura with cerebral infarction | Not billable |
| G43.7 | Chronic migraine without aura | Not billable |
| G43.8 | Other migraine | Not billable |
| G43.9 | Migraine, unspecified | Not billable |
| G43.A | Cyclical vomiting | Not billable |
| G43.B | Ophthalmoplegic migraine | Not billable |
| G43.D | Abdominal migraine | Not billable |
| G43.E | Chronic migraine with aura | Not billable |