Other seizures
Tonic-clonic seizures—formerly known as "grand mal" seizures—come with the seizure symptoms people are most familiar with, per the Epilepsy Foundation. During the first phase (tonic), a person's muscles stiffen and they may cry out or groan ...
“Non-specific tonic clonic seizures” is also an inclusion term. So, either term directs coders to ICD-10-CM code G40. 4.
G40. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Subcategory 345.1, Generalized convulsive epilepsy, includes clonic, myoclonic, tonic, and tonic-clonic epileptic seizures; grand mal; major and progressive myoclonic epilepsy; and Unverricht-Lundborg disease.
9 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R56. 9 - other international versions of ICD-10 R56.
Overview. A grand mal seizure causes a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. It's the type of seizure most people picture when they think about seizures. A grand mal seizure — also known as a generalized tonic-clonic seizure — is caused by abnormal electrical activity throughout the brain.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G40: Epilepsy and recurrent seizures.
Some people have types of epilepsy that include tonic-clonic seizures and other seizure types. For example, a person could also have other forms of generalized seizures (such as absence, atonic, clonic, myoclonic, or tonic) or focal onset seizures.
Most tonic-clonic seizures during sleep begin in one area and have a focal onset.
During the clonic stage, a generalized movement occurs at a rate of about 4-8 Hz. This is because phases of atonia alternate with repeated violent flexor spasms. Each spasm is accompanied by pupillary contraction and dilation. Some patients may bite their tongue or cheek.
ICD-10-CM Code for Family history of epilepsy and other diseases of the nervous system Z82. 0.
ICD-10-CM Diagnostic Coding for Non-Epileptic Seizures. G40 Codes and R56.
G40. 909 Epilepsy, unsp, not intractable, without status epilepticus - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.