Diagnosis Code

G31.9 DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF NERVOUS SYSTEM, UNSPECIFIED


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: G31.9

Short Description: Degenerative disease of nervous system, unspecified

Long Description: Degenerative disease of nervous system, unspecified

The code G31.9 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)
    • Other degenerative diseases of the nervous system (G30-G32)
      • Oth degenerative diseases of nervous system, NEC (G31)
        • G31.9 Degenerative disease of nervous system, unspecified

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acquired cerebral atrophy
  • Autonomic nervous system disorder co-occurrent and due to neurodegenerative disorder
  • Cerebellar degeneration
  • Cerebral atrophy
  • Cerebral degeneration
  • Cerebral degeneration due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • Cerebral degeneration due to Parkinson's disease
  • Cerebral degeneration presenting primarily with dementia
  • Chorea due to heredodegenerative disorder
  • Chronic deafness
  • Circumscribed atrophy of brain
  • Degenerative brain disorder
  • Degenerative disease of the central nervous system
  • Epilepsy co-occurrent and due to degenerative brain disorder
  • Frontal lobe degeneration
  • Frontal lobe degeneration with motor neurone disease
  • Frontotemporal degeneration
  • Gemignani syndrome
  • Microphthalmia with brain atrophy syndrome
  • Parkinsonian pyramidal syndrome
  • Parkinsonism due to heredodegenerative disorder
  • Parkinsonism due to heredodegenerative disorder
  • Posterior cortical atrophy syndrome
  • Prieto Badia Mulas syndrome
  • Progressive focal cortical atrophy
  • Secondary cerebellar degeneration

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
G31.9 Right Arrow 330.9 Cereb degen in child NOS
331.9 Cereb degeneration NOS

This ICD-10 to ICD-9 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
G31 Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
G31.0 Frontotemporal dementia
G31.01 Pick's disease
G31.09 Other frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder
G31.1 Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified
G31.2 Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol
G31.8 Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system
G31.80 Leukodystrophy, unspecified
G31.81 Alpers disease
G31.82 Leigh's disease
G31.83 Neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies
G31.84 Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology
G31.85 Corticobasal degeneration
G31.86 Alexander disease
G31.89 Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system


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