Is G80.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

Yes. G80.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.

Where does G80.3 sit in the tabular list?

Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes (G80-G83).

What cannot be coded together with G80.3?

G80.3 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above G80.3 (G80) and apply to it just the same.

G80.3

G80.3 — Athetoid cerebral palsy

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

G80.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for athetoid cerebral palsy. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Double athetosis (syndrome)
Dyskinetic cerebral palsy
Dystonic cerebral palsy
Vogt disease

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above G80.3

These are not written on G80.3, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing G80.3 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on G80 — Cerebral palsy

hereditary spastic paraplegia (G11.4)

Other codes that can never be billed with G80.3

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at G80.3. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading G80.3 alone.

G81Hemiplegia and hemiparesis
G82Paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia (quadriparesis)

Risk adjustment

G80.3 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:

HCC 192 Cerebral Palsy, Except Quadriplegic0.314 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

G80.3 is named in 39 Medicare coverage policies — 39 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.

A53052Billing and Coding: Home Health Speech-Language Pathology
A53057Billing and Coding: Home Health Occupational Therapy
A53058Billing and Coding: Home Health Physical Therapy
A53064Billing and Coding: Outpatient Occupational Therapy

How G80.3 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 G80.3.

Vogt's disease or syndrome
Athetosis›bilateral(congenital)
Athetosis›congenital(bilateral) (double)
Athetosis›double(congenital)
Status›marmoratus
Syndrome›double athetosis
Palsy›cerebral›athetoid
Palsy›cerebral›choreathetoid
Palsy›cerebral›dyskinetic
Palsy›cerebral›dystonic
Palsy›cerebral›dyskinetic›athetoid
Palsy›cerebral›dyskinetic›choreathetoid

Code history

G80.3 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share G80. If G80.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about G80.3

Is G80.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: Yes. G80.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
Where does G80.3 sit in the tabular list?: Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Cerebral palsy and other paralytic syndromes (G80-G83).
What cannot be coded together with G80.3?: G80.3 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above G80.3 (G80) and apply to it just the same.