G44.0
G44.0 — Cluster headaches and other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC)
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G44.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for cluster headaches and other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (tac). It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Other codes that can never be billed with G44.0
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at G44.0. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading G44.0 alone.
- G43Migraine
Risk adjustment
G44.0 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 G44.0
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- G44.00Cluster headache syndrome, unspecified
- G44.01Episodic cluster headache
- G44.02Chronic cluster headache
- G44.03Episodic paroxysmal hemicrania
- G44.04Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania
- G44.05Short lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT)
- G44.09Other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G44. If G44.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about G44.0
- Is G44.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G44.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G44.0 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47).