ICD-10-CM Code G44.0
Cluster headaches and other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC)
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code G44.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the seven child codes of G44.0 that describes the diagnosis 'cluster headaches and oth trigeminal autonm cephalgias (tac)' in more detail.
The ICD code G440 is used to code Cluster headache
Cluster headache (CH) is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, severe headaches on one side of the head, typically around the eye. There are often accompanying autonomic symptoms during the headache such as eye watering, nasal congestion and swelling around the eye, typically confined to the side of the head with the pain.
| Specialty: | Neurology |
| MeSH Codes: | D003027, D003027, D003027, D003027 |
| ICD 9 Codes: | 339.00, 339.01, 339.02, |
Trigeminal nerve
Parent Code: G44 - Other headache syndromes