G44.8
G44.8: Other specified headache syndromes
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G44.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other specified headache syndromes. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- headache with orthostatic or positional component, not elsewhere classified (R51.0)
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G44.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above G44.8
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.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead G44.8
7 child codes. Green means billable.