G61.81 — Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis
G61.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuritis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
G61.81 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 193 Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuritis and Multifocal Motor Neuropathy1.692 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
G61.81 is named in 36 Medicare coverage policies — 32 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 4 listing it as NOT covered. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56034Billing and Coding: Nerve Blockade for Treatment of Chronic Pain and Neuropathynot covered
- A56731Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks and Electrostimulation for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
- A57589Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
- A57663Billing and Coding: Nerve Blocks for Peripheral Neuropathynot covered
How G61.81 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 G61.81.
- CIDP(chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy )
- Polyneuritis, polyneuritic›demyelinating, chronic inflammatory(CIDP)
- Polyneuritis, polyneuritic›inflammatory, chronic demyelinating(CIDP)
- Polyneuropathy›demyelinating, chronic inflammatory(CIDP)
- Polyneuropathy›inflammatory›chronic demyelinating(CIDP)
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G61.8. If G61.81 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about G61.81
- Is G61.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. G61.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does G61.81 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Polyneuropathies and other disorders of the peripheral nervous system (G60-G65).