G23
G23 — Other degenerative diseases of basal ganglia
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
G23 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other degenerative diseases of basal ganglia. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- multi-system degeneration of the autonomic nervous system (G90.3)
Risk adjustment
G23 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead G23
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- G23.0Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- G23.1Progressive supranuclear ophthalmoplegia [Steele-Richardson-Olszewski]
- G23.2Striatonigral degeneration
- G23.3Hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum
- G23.8Other specified degenerative diseases of basal ganglia
- G23.9Degenerative disease of basal ganglia, unspecified
Questions about G23
- Is G23 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. G23 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does G23 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Extrapyramidal and movement disorders (G20-G26).