G35.D — Multiple sclerosis, unspecified
G35.D is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for multiple sclerosis, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Disseminated multiple sclerosis
- Generalized multiple sclerosis
- Multiple sclerosis NOS
- Multiple sclerosis of brain stem
- Multiple sclerosis of cord
Risk adjustment
G35.D risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 198 Multiple Sclerosis0.647 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
G35.D is named in 32 Medicare coverage policies — 32 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
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How G35.D is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to G35.D.
- Sclérose en plaques
- Demyelination, demyelinization›global
- Myelosclerosis›disseminated, of nervous system
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›ascending multiple
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›bulbar, multiple
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›cerebrospinal(disseminated) (multiple)
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›disseminated
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›dorsal
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›insular
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›multiple(brain stem) (cerebral) (disseminated) (generalized) (spinal cord)
- Sclerosis, sclerotic›plaques
- Disease, diseased›demyelinating, demyelinizating›multiple sclerosis
Related codes at this level
Codes that share G35. If G35.D is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about G35.D
- Is G35.D a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. G35.D is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does G35.D sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99), in the block Demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system (G35-G37).