G40.20
G40.20: Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, not intractable
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G40.20 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, not intractable. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures without intractability
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G40.20
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G40.20
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with G40.20
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead G40.20
2 child codes. Green means billable.
- G40.201Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, not intractable, with status epilepticus
- G40.209Localization-related (focal) (partial) symptomatic epilepsy and epileptic syndromes with complex partial seizures, not intractable, without status epilepticus