G44.329
G44.329: Chronic post-traumatic headache, not intractable
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
G44.329 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic post-traumatic headache, not intractable. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G44.329 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Chronic post-traumatic headache NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G44.329
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G44.329
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
G44.329 is named in 2 Medicare coverage policies: 2 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A55530Billing and Coding: Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Headache›post-traumatic›chronic
- Headache›post-traumatic›chronic›not intractable
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.