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Home/Diagnosis/ICD-10 Coding for Partial Seizure

ICD-10 Coding for Partial Seizure

G40.209
G40.219

Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for partial seizure includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.

Also Known as:
Focal Seizure
Localized Seizure
Simple Partial Seizure
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Key Information: ICD-10 Coding for Partial Seizure

Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Partial Seizure

Use ICD-10 code G40.209 for complex partial seizures, not intractable, without status epilepticus, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.

Primary ICD-10-CM Codes

Complex partial seizures, not intractable, without status epilepticus

Billable Code
G40.209
Billable

Diagnostic Criteria

  • • Patient has complex partial seizures without intractability.

Applicable To

  • • Complex partial seizures without intractability

Important Notes

  • • Ensure documentation specifies the type of partial seizure and intractability status.

Complex partial seizures, intractable, without status epilepticus

Billable Code
G40.219
Billable

Diagnostic Criteria

  • • Documented failure of two or more antiepileptic drugs
  • • EEG or clinical evidence of complex partial seizures

Applicable To

  • • Intractable complex partial seizures

Important Notes

  • • Ensure documentation includes intractability and failure of multiple medications.
Ancillary Codes

Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis

R56.9

Unspecified convulsions

Use when the seizure type is not specified or confirmed.

Z82.49

Family history of epilepsy

Use to indicate a family history of epilepsy.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ICD-10 code for partial seizures?

The ICD-10 code for complex partial seizures, not intractable, without status epilepticus is G40.209.

How do you code intractable partial seizures?

Intractable complex partial seizures without status epilepticus are coded as G40.219.

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