334.0 FRIEDREICH'S ATAXIA


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 334.0

Short Description: Friedreich's ataxia

Long Description: Friedreich's ataxia

Code Classification:

  • Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
    • Hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system (330-337)
      • 334 Spinocerebellar disease
        • 334.0 Friedreich's ataxia

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 334.0 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic 781.3
    • family, familial 334.2
      • spinal (Friedreich's) 334.0
    • Friedreich's (heredofamilial) (spinal) 334.0
    • hereditary NEC 334.2
      • spinal 334.0
    • spinal
      • hereditary 334.0
  • Cardiomyopathy (congestive) (constrictive) (familial) (infiltrative) (obstructive) (restrictive) (sporadic) 425.4
    • due to
      • Friedreich's ataxia 334.0 [425.8]
  • Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
    • Friedreich's
      • combined systemic or ataxia 334.0
    • heart (organic) 429.9
      • due to
        • Friedreich's ataxia 334.0 [425.8]
  • Friedreich's
    • ataxia 334.0
    • combined systemic disease 334.0
    • disease 333.2
      • combined systemic 334.0
    • sclerosis (spinal cord) 334.0
  • Myocardiopathy (congestive) (constrictive) (familial) (idiopathic) (infiltrative) (obstructive) (primary) (restrictive) (sporadic) 425.4
    • due to
      • Friedreich's ataxia 334.0 [425.8]
  • Sclerosis, sclerotic
    • Friedreich's (spinal cord) 334.0
    • hereditary
      • spinal 334.0
    • spinal (cord) (general) (progressive) (transverse) 336.8
      • hereditary (Friedreich's) (mixed form) 334.0

Crosswalk Information

The code 334.0 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
334.0 Right Arrow G11.1 Early-onset cerebellar ataxia
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 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-9 Code ICD-9 Description
334.1 Hereditary spastic paraplegia
334.2 Primary cerebellar degeneration
334.3 Other cerebellar ataxia
334.4 Cerebellar ataxia in diseases classified elsewhere
334.8 Other spinocerebellar diseases
334.9 Spinocerebellar disease, unspecified


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014