Chronic migraine with aura, intractable

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, FY2024 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

G43.E11 Chronic migraine with aura, intractable, with status migrainosus
G43.E19 Chronic migraine with aura, intractable, without status migrainosus

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2024 to now.

FY2024 Added to the code set Chronic migraine with aura, intractable

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.E0	Chronic migraine with aura, not intractable	Not billable