Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)

Excludes 2:
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47)

G40 Epilepsy and recurrent seizures [+]
Note: the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
Excludes 1: conversion disorder with seizures (F44.5)
convulsions NOS (R56.9)
post traumatic seizures (R56.1)
seizure (convulsive) NOS (R56.9)
seizure of newborn (P90)
Excludes 2: hippocampal sclerosis (G93.81)
mesial temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
Todd's paralysis (G83.84)
G43 Migraine [+]
Note: the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
Use additional code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)
Excludes 1: headache NOS (R51.9)
lower half migraine (G44.00)
Excludes 2: headache syndromes (G44.-)
G44 Other headache syndromes [+]
Excludes 1: headache NOS (R51.9)
Excludes 2: atypical facial pain (G50.1)
headache due to lumbar puncture (G97.1)
migraines (G43.-)
trigeminal neuralgia (G50.0)
G45 Transient cerebral ischemic attacks and related syndromes [+]
Excludes 1: neonatal cerebral ischemia (P91.0)
transient retinal artery occlusion (H34.0-)
G46 Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases [+]
Code first underlying cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69)
G47 Sleep disorders [+]
Excludes 2: nightmares (F51.5)
nonorganic sleep disorders (F51.-)
sleep terrors (F51.4)
sleepwalking (F51.3)

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