G47.53 — Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis
G47.53 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for recurrent isolated sleep paralysis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
G47.53 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.
Medicare coverage
G47.53 is named in 11 Medicare coverage policies — 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56730Billing and Coding: Respiratory Therapy and Oximetry Services
- A56903Billing and Coding: Polysomnography and Other Sleep Studies
- A56923Billing and Coding: Outpatient Sleep Studies
- A56995Billing and Coding: Polysomnography
How G47.53 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to G47.53.
- Paralysis, paralytic›recurrent isolated sleep
- Paralysis, paralytic›sleep, recurrent isolated
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G47.5. If G47.53 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about G47.53
- Is G47.53 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. G47.53 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does G47.53 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (G40-G47).