ICD-10-CM · Chapter 6 · G00–G99
G31.82
Leigh's disease
Diseases of the nervous system
Quick facts
- Code
- G31.82
- Type
- Billable code
- ICD-10-CM chapter
- Chapter 6 — Diseases of the nervous system
- Category
- G31 — Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
- Specificity
- 5 characters
How coders use this code
ICD-10-CM G31.82 is a billable, fully specified code, so it can be reported directly on a claim to document a diagnosis of leigh's disease. 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 G31
- G31Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
- G31.0Frontotemporal dementia
- G31.01Pick's disease
- G31.09Other frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder
- G31.1Senile degeneration of brain, not elsewhere classified
- G31.2Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol
- G31.8Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system
- G31.80Leukodystrophy, unspecified
- G31.81Alpers disease
- G31.83Neurocognitive disorder with Lewy bodies
- G31.84Mild cognitive impairment of uncertain or unknown etiology
- G31.85Corticobasal degeneration
- G31.86Alexander disease
- G31.87Primary progressive apraxia of speech
- G31.89Other specified degenerative diseases of nervous system
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