ICD-10-CM · Chapter 6 · G00–G99
G11.11
Friedreich ataxia
Diseases of the nervous system
Quick facts
- Code
- G11.11
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 6 — Diseases of the nervous system
- Category
- G11 — Hereditary ataxia
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM G11.11 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of friedreich ataxia. Coders assign it when the chart documentation supports this level of detail, always matching to the most specific code available and verifying against the chapter-specific guidelines published annually by NCHS/CMS.
Related codes in G11
- G11Hereditary ataxia
- G11.0Congenital nonprogressive ataxia
- G11.1Early-onset cerebellar ataxia
- G11.10Early-onset cerebellar ataxia, unspecified
- G11.19Other early-onset cerebellar ataxia
- G11.2Late-onset cerebellar ataxia
- G11.3Cerebellar ataxia with defective DNA repair
- G11.4Hereditary spastic paraplegia
- G11.5Hypomyelination - hypogonadotropic hypogonadism - hypodontia
- G11.6Leukodystrophy with vanishing white matter disease
- G11.8Other hereditary ataxias
- G11.9Hereditary ataxia, unspecified
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