ICD-10-CM · Chapter 6 · G00–G99
G12.8
Other spinal muscular atrophies and related syndromes
Diseases of the nervous system
Quick facts
- Code
- G12.8
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 6 — Diseases of the nervous system
- Category
- G12 — Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes
- Specificity
- 4 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM G12.8 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of other spinal muscular atrophies and related syndromes. 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 G12
- G12Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes
- G12.0Infantile spinal muscular atrophy, type I [Werdnig-Hoffman]
- G12.1Other inherited spinal muscular atrophy
- G12.2Motor neuron disease
- G12.20Motor neuron disease, unspecified
- G12.21Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- G12.22Progressive bulbar palsy
- G12.23Primary lateral sclerosis
- G12.24Familial motor neuron disease
- G12.25Progressive spinal muscle atrophy
- G12.29Other motor neuron disease
- G12.9Spinal muscular atrophy, unspecified
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