Diagnosis Code: 335.20

Short Description: Amyotrophic sclerosis

Long Description: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Code Classification:

• Diseases of the nervous system (320–359)
  • Hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system (330-337)
    • 335 Anterior horn cell disease
      • 335.20 Amyotrophic sclerosis

This code is valid for adult diagnoses (age 15 through 124)

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 335.20 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Amyotrophia, amyotrophy, amyotrophic 728.2
  • lateral sclerosis (syndrome) 335.20
  • sclerosis (lateral) 335.20

• Atrophy, atrophic
  • palsy, diffuse 335.20

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Lou Gehrig's 335.20
  • motor neuron (bulbar) (mixed type) 335.20

• Lou Gehrig's disease 335.20

• Palsy (see also Paralysis) 344.9
  • atrophic diffuse 335.20

• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
  • amyotrophic 335.20
  • progressive 335.21
    • multiple 335.20

• Sclerosis, sclerotic
  • amyotrophic (lateral) 335.20
  • lateral 335.24
    • amyotrophic 335.20

• Syndrome - see also Disease
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 335.20

Crosswalk Information

The code 335.20 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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