Chronic tension-type headache

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:

G44.221 Chronic tension-type headache, intractable
G44.229 Chronic tension-type headache, 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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Chronic tension-type headache

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

Code	Description	Status
G44.20	Tension-type headache, unspecified	Not billable
G44.21	Episodic tension-type headache	Not billable