G44.209
G44.209: Tension-type headache, unspecified, not intractable
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
G44.209 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for tension-type headache, unspecified, not intractable. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G44.209 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Tension headache NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G44.209
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G44.209
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
G44.209 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies: 14 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 1 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52434Health and Behavior Assessment/Intervention – Medical Policy Articlenot covered
- A56273Billing and Coding: Chiropractic Services
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A57052Billing and Coding: Psychiatric Inpatient Hospitalization
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Headache›tension(-type)
- Tension›headache
- Headache›tension›not intractable
- Tension›headache›not intractable
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.