G40.50
G40.50 — Epileptic seizures related to external causes, not intractable
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G40.50 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for epileptic seizures related to external causes, not intractable. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Risk adjustment
G40.50 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 G40.50
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about G40.50
- Is G40.50 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G40.50 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G40.50 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47).