G40.8
Non-billableOther epilepsy and recurrent seizures
Other epilepsy and recurrent seizures
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes undetermined as to whether they are focal or generalized
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
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)
- hippocampal sclerosis (G93.81)
- mesial temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
- temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
- Todd's paralysis (G83.84)
Child Codes (6)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
UMLS
- ACQUIRED CHILDHOOD APHASIA WITH CONVULSIVE DISC0282512
- APHASIA, ACQUIRED, WITH EPILEPSYC0282512
- Acquired Aphasia with Convulsive DisorderC0282512
- Acquired Childhoood Aphasia with Convulsive DisorderC0282512
- Acquired Epileptic AphasiaC0282512
- Acquired Epileptic AphasiasC0282512
- Acquired Epileptiform AphasiaC0282512
- Acquired Epileptiform AphasiasC0282512
- Acquired aphasia with epilepsyC0282512
- Acquired epileptic aphasiaC0282512
- Aphasia, Acquired EpilepticC0282512
- Aphasia, Acquired, With Convulsive DisorderC0282512
- Aphasia, Acquired, with EpilepsyC0282512
- Aphasia, Epileptic, AcquiredC0282512
- EPILEPSY, FOCAL, WITH SPEECH DISORDER AND WITH OR WITHOUT IMPAIRED INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTC0282512
- EPILEPSY, FOCAL, WITH SPEECH DISORDER AND WITH OR WITHOUT MENTAL RETARDATIONC0282512
- Epilepsy, Focal, with Speech Disorder and with or without Mental RetardationC0282512
- Epilepsy-aphasia spectrumC0282512
- Epileptic Aphasia, AcquiredC0282512
- Epileptic Aphasias, AcquiredC0282512
- Epileptiform Aphasia, AcquiredC0282512
- Epileptiform Aphasias, AcquiredC0282512
- FESDC0282512
- FESD with or without Mental RetardationC0282512
- Focal epilepsies with speech and language disordersC0282512
- Focal epilepsy with speech disorder and with or without mental retardationC0282512
- LANDAU-KLEFFNER SYNDROMEC0282512
- LKSC0282512
- LKS - Landau-Kleffner syndromeC0282512
- Landau Kleffner Acquired Epileptiform AphasiaC0282512
- Landau Kleffner SyndromeC0282512
- Landau-Kleffner Acquired Epileptiform AphasiaC0282512
- Landau-Kleffner SyndromeC0282512
- Landau-Kleffner syndromeC0282512
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome (disorder)C0282512
- Syndrome, Landau-KleffnerC0282512
- acquired epileptic aphasiaC0282512
- landau kleffner syndromeC0282512
- landau-kleffner syndromeC0282512
- Epilepsies and epileptic syndromes undetermined as to whether they are focal or generalizedC2875129
- Other epilepsy and recurrent seizuresC3263972
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code G40.8?
ICD-10-CM code G40.8 represents "Other epilepsy and recurrent seizures". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is G40.8 a billable code?
No, G40.8 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 6 child codes under G40.8.
What chapter is G40.8 in?
G40.8 is in Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (codes G00-G99).
What codes cannot be used with G40.8?
G40.8 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: conversion disorder with seizures (F44.5); convulsions NOS (R56.9); post traumatic seizures (R56.1); and 2 more.
What are the subcategories under G40.8?
G40.8 has 6 child codes, including: G40.80 (Other epilepsy), G40.81 (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome), G40.82 (Epileptic spasms), G40.83 (Dravet syndrome), and 2 more.
What are the UMLS CUIs for G40.8?
G40.8 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0282512, C2875129, C3263972. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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