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List of Diseases and Injuries

Other degenerative diseases of the nervous system (G30-G32)

G30Alzheimer's disease
Includes: Alzheimer's dementia senile and presenile forms

Use Additional Code: code, if applicable, to identify:
› delirium, if applicable (F05)
› dementia with anxiety (F02.84, F02.A4, F02.B4, F02.C4)
› dementia with behavioral disturbance (F02.81-, F02.A1-, F02.B1-, F02.C1-)
› dementia with mood disturbance (F02.83, F02.A3, F02.B3, F02.C3)
› dementia with psychotic disturbance (F02.82, F02.A2, F02.B2, F02.C2)
› dementia without behavioral disturbance (F02.80, F02.A0, F02.B0, F02.C0)
› mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

Excludes 1: senile degeneration of brain NEC (G31.1)
› senile dementia NOS (F03)
› senility NOS (R41.81)

G30.0Alzheimer's disease with early onset

G30.1Alzheimer's disease with late onset

G30.8Other Alzheimer's disease

G30.9Alzheimer's disease, unspecified

G31Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
Use Additional Code: code, if applicable, for codes G31.0-G31.83, G31.85-G31.9, to identify:
› dementia with anxiety (F02.84, F02.A4, F02.B4, F02.C4)
› dementia with behavioral disturbance (F02.81-, F02.A1-, F02.B1-, F02.C1-)
› dementia with mood disturbance (F02.83, F02.A3, F02.B3, F02.C3)
› dementia with psychotic disturbance (F02.82, F02.A2, F02.B2, F02.C2)
› dementia without behavioral disturbance (F02.80, F02.A0, F02.B0, F02.C0)
› mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

Excludes 2: Reye's syndrome (G93.7)

G31.0Frontotemporal dementia

G31.01Pick's disease
› Primary progressive aphasia
› Progressive isolated aphasia

G31.09Other frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder
› Frontal dementia

Use Additional Code: code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

G31.1Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified
Excludes 1: Alzheimer's disease (G30.-)
› senility NOS (R41.81)

G31.2Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol
› Alcoholic cerebellar ataxia
› Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration
› Alcoholic cerebral degeneration
› Alcoholic encephalopathy
› Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system due to alcohol

Code Also: associated alcoholism (F10.-)

G31.8Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system

G31.80Leukodystrophy, unspecified

G31.81Alpers disease
› Grey-matter degeneration

G31.82Leigh's disease
› Subacute necrotizing encephalopathy

G31.83Neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies
› Lewy body dementia
› Lewy body disease

Use Additional Code: code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)

G31.84Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology
› Mild cognitive disorder NOS
› Mild neurocognitive disorder of uncertain or unknown etiology

Use Additional Code: code to identify presence of:
› alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
› exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
› history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
› hypertension (I10-I1A)
› occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
› tobacco dependence (F17.-)
› tobacco use (Z72.0)

Excludes 1: age related cognitive decline (R41.81)
› altered mental status (R41.82)
› cerebral degeneration (G31.9)
› cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
› change in mental status (R41.82)
› cognitive deficits following (sequelae of) cerebral hemorrhage or infarction (I69.01-, I69.11-, I69.21-, I69.31-, I69.81-, I69.91-)
› cognitive impairment due to intracranial or head injury (S06.-)
› dementia (F01.-, F02.-, F03)
› mild neurocognitive disorder due to a known physiological condition (F06.7-)
› neurologic neglect syndrome (R41.4)
› personality change, nonpsychotic (F68.8)

G31.85Corticobasal degeneration

G31.86Alexander disease

G31.89Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system

G31.9Degenerative disease of nervous system, unspecified

G32Other degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere

G32.0Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord in diseases classified elsewhere
› Dana-Putnam syndrome
› Sclerosis of spinal cord (combined) (dorsolateral) (posterolateral)

Code First: underlying disease, such as:
› other dietary vitamin B12 deficiency anemia (D51.3)
› vitamin B12 deficiency anemia due to intrinsic factor deficiency (D51.0)
› vitamin B12 deficiency anemia, unspecified (D51.8)
› vitamin B12 deficiency (E53.8)

Excludes 1: syphilitic combined degeneration of spinal cord (A52.11)

G32.8Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere
Code First: underlying disease, such as:
› amyloidosis cerebral degeneration (E85.-)
› cerebral degeneration (due to) hypothyroidism (E00.0-E03.9)
› cerebral degeneration (due to) neoplasm (C00-D49)
› cerebral degeneration (due to) vitamin B deficiency, except thiamine (E52-E53.-)

Excludes 1: superior hemorrhagic polioencephalitis [Wernicke's encephalopathy] (E51.2)

G32.81Cerebellar ataxia in diseases classified elsewhere
Code First: underlying disease, such as:
› celiac disease (with gluten ataxia) (K90.0)
› cerebellar ataxia (in) neoplastic disease (paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration) (C00-D49)
› non-celiac gluten ataxia (M35.9)

Excludes 1: systemic atrophy primarily affecting the central nervous system in alcoholic cerebellar ataxia (G31.2)
› systemic atrophy primarily affecting the central nervous system in myxedema (G13.2)

G32.89Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere
› Degenerative encephalopathy in diseases classified elsewhere