G37.8
G37.8 — Other specified demyelinating diseases of central nervous system
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G37.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified demyelinating diseases of central nervous system. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
G37.8 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead G37.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G37. If G37.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- G37.0Diffuse sclerosis of central nervous system
- G37.1Central demyelination of corpus callosum
- G37.2Central pontine myelinolysis
- G37.3Acute transverse myelitis in demyelinating disease of central nervous system
- G37.4Subacute necrotizing myelitis of central nervous system
- G37.5Concentric sclerosis [Balo] of central nervous system
- G37.9Demyelinating disease of central nervous system, unspecified
Questions about G37.8
- Is G37.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G37.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G37.8 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (G35-G37).