G40.A

The ICD-10-CM code for absence epileptic syndrome is G40.A. The full clinical description is "Absence epileptic syndrome". G40.A is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code G40.A represents “Absence epileptic syndrome”. It is classified under Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, G40.A is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 2 child codes under G40.A.

G40.A is in Chapter 6: Diseases of the Nervous System (codes G00-G99).

G40.A 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.

G40.A has 2 child codes, including: G40.A0 (Absence epileptic syndrome, not intractable), G40.A1 (Absence epileptic syndrome, intractable).

G40.A is linked to 4 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C4317339, C3263989, C3263987, C3263988. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like absence epileptic syndrome affect a person's functioning — body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for G40.A in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.