Diagnosis Code

G61.0 GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: G61.0

Short Description: Guillain-Barre syndrome

Long Description: Guillain-Barre syndrome

The code G61.0 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (G00–G99)
    • Polyneuropathies and other disorders of the peripheral nervous system (G60-G65)
      • Inflammatory polyneuropathy (G61)
        • G61.0 Guillain-Barre syndrome

Code Version: 2022 ICD-10-CM


Synonyms

  • Acute infective polyneuritis
  • Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
  • Acute pure sensory neuropathy
  • Acute sensory ataxic neuropathy
  • Autoimmune disorder of autonomic nerve
  • Autoimmune disorder of autonomic nervous system
  • Disorder of autonomic nerve due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Fisher's syndrome
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Multiple cranial nerve palsy
  • Paraparetic variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Pharyngeal-cervical-brachial variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy
  • Post-infectious polyneuritis
  • Strabismus in neuromuscular disorder

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code G61.0 has the following ICD-10-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Inclusion Terms:
    • Acute (post-)infective polyneuritis
    • Miller Fisher Syndrome

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
G61.0 Right Arrow 357.0 Ac infect polyneuritis

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
G61 Inflammatory polyneuropathy
G61.1 Serum neuropathy
G61.8 Other inflammatory polyneuropathies
G61.81 Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis
G61.82 Multifocal motor neuropathy
G61.89 Other inflammatory polyneuropathies
G61.9 Inflammatory polyneuropathy, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2023