G24.5
BillableBlepharospasm
Blepharospasm
Coding Notes
Includes
Conditions included under this code
- dyskinesia
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
- drug induced blepharospasm (G24.01)
Excludes 2
Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both
- 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)
- athetoid cerebral palsy (G80.3)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
SNOMED CT
- Benign essential blepharospasm59026006
- Blepharospasm59026006
- Blepharospasm (spasm of eyelid)59026006
- Essential blepharospasm59026006
- Spasm of eyelids59026006
- Isolated blepharospasm230324004
- Reflex blepharospasm423753005
- Bilateral blepharospasm15631331000119105
- Blepharospasm of bilateral eyelids15631331000119105
- Blepharospasm of left eyelid15631291000119104
- Left blepharospasm15631291000119104
- Blepharospasm of right eyelid15631251000119109
- Right blepharospasm15631251000119109
UMLS
- BlepharospasmC0005747
- Blepharospasm (disorder)C0005747
- Blepharospasm (spasm of eyelid)C0005747
- BlepharospasmsC0005747
- Eyelid spasmC0005747
- Eyelid twitchingC0005747
- Involuntary closure of eyelidC0005747
- Spasm eyelidC0005747
- Spasm of eyelidsC0005747
- Spontaneous closure of eyelidC0005747
- blepharospasmC0005747
- blepharospasmsC0005747
- eyelid spasmC0005747
- eyelid spasmsC0005747
- eyelid twitchC0005747
- eyelid twitchingC0005747
- eyelids twitchingC0005747
- spasm eyelidC0005747
- twitch eyelidC0005747
- twitching eyelidC0005747
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code G24.5?
ICD-10-CM code G24.5 represents "Blepharospasm". It is a billable/specific code that can be used on a claim.
Is G24.5 a billable code?
Yes, G24.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code and can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a medical claim.
What chapter is G24.5 in?
G24.5 is in Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (codes G00-G99).
What codes cannot be used with G24.5?
G24.5 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: drug induced blepharospasm (G24.01).
What SNOMED CT codes does G24.5 map to?
G24.5 maps to 6 SNOMED CT concepts: 59026006, 15631331000119105, 15631291000119104, 15631251000119109, 230324004, and 1 more. SNOMED CT is a clinical terminology used in electronic health records.
What are the UMLS CUIs for G24.5?
G24.5 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C0005747. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.