G70.01
G70.01: Myasthenia gravis with (acute) exacerbation
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
G70.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for myasthenia gravis with (acute) exacerbation. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G70.01 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Myasthenia gravis in crisis
Risk adjustment
G70.01 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 195 Myasthenia Gravis with (Acute) Exacerbation2.909 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. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
G70.01 is named in 28 Medicare coverage policies: 28 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A52494High Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation Devices - Policy Article
- A52510Mechanical In-exsufflation Devices - Policy Article
- A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A54548Billing and Coding: Eculizumab, and Biosimilars: EPYSQLI®-eculizumab-aagh, and BKEMV™-eculizumab-aeeb
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Erb-Goldflam disease or syndrome›in crisis
- Erb-Goldflam disease or syndrome›with exacerbation(acute)
- Goldflam-Erb disease or syndrome›in crisis
- Goldflam-Erb disease or syndrome›with exacerbation(acute)
- Myasthenia›gravis›in crisis
- Myasthenia›gravis›with exacerbation(acute)
- Paralysis, paralytic›asthenic bulbar›in crisis
- Paralysis, paralytic›asthenic bulbar›with exacerbation(acute)
- Paralysis, paralytic›bulbospinal›in crisis
- Paralysis, paralytic›bulbospinal›with exacerbation(acute)
- Syndrome›Hoppe-Goldflam›in crisis
- Syndrome›Hoppe-Goldflam›with exacerbation(acute)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.