M31.6 OTHER GIANT CELL ARTERITIS

Code Information

  • Diagnosis Code: M31.6
  • Short Description: Other giant cell arteritis
  • Long Description: Other giant cell arteritis
  • Code Version: 2025 ICD-10-CM

The code M31.6 is VALID for claim submission

Code Classification

Synonyms

  • Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
  • Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
  • Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy due to giant cell arteritis
  • Arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy
  • Cerebral arteritis
  • Cerebral arteritis in giant cell arteritis
  • Cranial giant cell arteritis
  • Cranial giant cell arteritis
  • Giant cell arteritis
  • Giant cell arteritis
  • Giant cell arteritis without polymyalgia rheumatica
  • Large vessel giant cell arteritis
  • Temporal arteritis

Diagnostic Related Group(s)

The code M31.6 is grouped in the following Diagnostic Related Group(s) MS-DRG V42.0

  1. Connective Tissue Disorders With Mcc (545)
  2. Connective Tissue Disorders With Cc (546)
  3. Connective Tissue Disorders Without Cc/mcc (547)

Crosswalk Information

ICD-10 Code ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
M31.6 Right Arrow 446.5 Giant cell arteritis
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
M31 Other necrotizing vasculopathies
M31.0 Hypersensitivity angiitis
M31.1 Thrombotic microangiopathy
M31.10 Thrombotic microangiopathy, unspecified
M31.11 Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation-associated thrombotic microangiopathy [HSCT-TMA]
M31.19 Other thrombotic microangiopathy
M31.2 Lethal midline granuloma
M31.3 Wegener's granulomatosis
M31.30 Wegener's granulomatosis without renal involvement
M31.31 Wegener's granulomatosis with renal involvement
M31.4 Aortic arch syndrome [Takayasu]
M31.5 Giant cell arteritis with polymyalgia rheumatica
M31.7 Microscopic polyangiitis
M31.8 Other specified necrotizing vasculopathies
M31.9 Necrotizing vasculopathy, unspecified
This page was last updated on: 10/1/2024
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