G72.3
G72.3: Periodic paralysis
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
G72.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for periodic paralysis. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check G72.3 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- paramyotonia congenita (of von Eulenburg) (G71.19)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Familial periodic paralysis
- Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (familial)
- Hypokalemic periodic paralysis (familial)
- Myotonic periodic paralysis (familial)
- Normokalemic paralysis (familial)
- Potassium sensitive periodic paralysis
Other codes that can never be billed with G72.3
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- E87Other disorders of fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
G72.3 is named in 9 Medicare coverage policies: 9 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
- A54095Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A54969Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
- A56619Billing and Coding: Nerve Conduction Studies and Electromyography
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Adynamia(episodica) (hereditary) (periodic)
- Cavare's disease(familial periodic paralysis)
- Gamstorp's disease(adynamia episodica hereditaria)
- Disease, diseased›Cavare's(familial periodic paralysis)
- Disease, diseased›familial periodic paralysis
- Disease, diseased›Gamstorp's(adynamia episodica hereditaria)
- Paralysis, paralytic›familial(recurrent) (periodic)
- Paralysis, paralytic›hyperkalemic periodic(familial)
- Paralysis, paralytic›hypokalemic periodic
- Paralysis, paralytic›normokalemic periodic
- Paralysis, paralytic›periodic(familial) (hyperkalemic) (hypokalemic) (myotonic) (normokalemic) (potassium sensitive) (secondary)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.