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G40

Non-billable

Epilepsy and recurrent seizures

Chapter 6: Diseases of the nervous system

Coding Guidance

G40 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: G00-G99 (Chapter 6)

Excludes 2 — Not Included HereFrom G00-G99

Excludes2 means 'NOT INCLUDED HERE!' An Excludes2 note indicates that the condition excluded is not part of the condition represented by the code, but a patient may have both conditions at the same time.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

More Specific Codes (11)

G40.0Localization-related (focal) (partial) idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with seizures of localized onset→G40.1Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with simple partial seizures→G40.2Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures→G40.3Generalized idiopathic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes→G40.AAbsence epileptic syndrome→G40.BJuvenile myoclonic epilepsy [impulsive petit mal]→G40.CLafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy→G40.4Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes→G40.5Epileptic seizures related to external causes→G40.8Other epilepsy and recurrent seizures→G40.9Epilepsy, unspecified→