G11.11: Friedreich ataxia
G11.11 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for friedreich ataxia. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G11.11 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Autosomal recessive Friedreich ataxia
- Friedreich ataxia with retained reflexes
Other codes that can never be billed with G11.11
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
G11.11 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 200 Friedreich and Other Hereditary Ataxias; Huntington Disease0.279 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
G11.11 is named in 22 Medicare coverage policies: 22 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52850Billing and Coding: Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography
- A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
- A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
- A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›autosomal recessive Friedreich
- Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›Friedreich's(heredofamilial) (cerebellar) (spinal) (with retained reflexes)
- Friedreich's›ataxia
- Friedreich's›combined systemic disease
- Friedreich's›sclerosis(cerebellum) (spinal cord)
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›Friedreich's(spinal cord)
- Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›hereditary›spinal(Friedreich's)
- Ataxia, ataxy, ataxic›spinal›hereditary(Friedreich's)
- Cardiomyopathy›due to›Friedreich's ataxia
- Disease, diseased›Friedreich's›combined systemic or ataxia
- Myocardiopathy›in›Friedreich's ataxia
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›hereditary›spinal(Friedreich's ataxia)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.