Complete ICD-10-CM coding and documentation guide for icd-10 coding for tension headache includes clinical validation requirements, medical necessity guidelines, and coding policies.
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Essential facts and insights about ICD-10 Coding for Tension Headache
Use ICD-10 code G44.201 for tension-type headache, unspecified, intractable, ensuring proper documentation in clinical notes.
Additional codes that may be used with this diagnosis
Cervicalgia
Use when neck pain is present alongside tension-type headache.
The ICD-10 code for tension-type headache varies based on chronicity and intractability, including G44.201 for intractable and G44.209 for not intractable forms.
Chronic tension headaches are coded as G44.221 if intractable, requiring documentation of ≥15 headache days/month and treatment failures.