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G44.05

Short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT)

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 2 more specific codes instead:

  • G44.051 Short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT), intractable
  • G44.059 Short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT), not intractable

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 Short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT)

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 G44 Other headache syndromes

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • headache NOS (R51.9)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • atypical facial pain (G50.1)
  • headache due to lumbar puncture (G97.1)
  • migraines (G43.-)
  • trigeminal neuralgia (G50.0)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
G44.00 Cluster headache syndrome, unspecified Not billable
G44.01 Episodic cluster headache Not billable
G44.02 Chronic cluster headache Not billable
G44.03 Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania Not billable
G44.04 Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania Not billable
G44.09 Other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC) Not billable