G47.3 — Sleep apnea
G47.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for sleep apnea. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
Code also
Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.
- any associated underlying condition
Other codes that can never be billed with G47.3
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at G47.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading G47.3 alone.
Risk adjustment
G47.3 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 G47.3
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- G47.30Sleep apnea, unspecified
- G47.31Primary central sleep apnea
- G47.32High altitude periodic breathing
- G47.33Obstructive sleep apnea (adult) (pediatric)
- G47.34Idiopathic sleep related nonobstructive alveolar hypoventilation
- G47.35Congenital central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome
- G47.36Sleep related hypoventilation in conditions classified elsewhere
- G47.37Central sleep apnea in conditions classified elsewhere
- G47.39Other sleep apnea
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G47. If G47.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about G47.3
- Is G47.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G47.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G47.3 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47).
- What cannot be coded together with G47.3?
- G47.3 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.