G25.5

G25.5: Other chorea

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G25.5 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other chorea. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check G25.5 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

chorea NOS with heart involvement (I02.0)
Huntington's chorea (G10)
rheumatic chorea (I02.-)
Sydenham's chorea (I02.-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Chorea NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G25.5

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on G25: Other extrapyramidal and movement disorders

sleep related movement disorders (G47.6-)

Other codes that can never be billed with G25.5

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

I02Rheumatic chorea
R25.1Tremor, unspecified

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

G25.5 is named in 5 Medicare coverage policies: 5 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A54111Billing and Coding: Speech Language Pathology (SLP) Services: Communication Disorders
A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
A56773Billing and Coding: Neurophysiology Evoked Potentials (NEPs)
A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Chorea(chronic) (gravis) (posthemiplegic) (senile) (spasmodic)
Choreoathetosis(paroxysmal)
Hemiballism(us)
Hemichorea
Chorea›progressive
Chorea›Sydenham's›nonrheumatic

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.