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Go to 6th Character for Epilepsy Diagnoses

Published on Fri Jul 24, 2026

Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from “epilepsy w/grand mal on waking.” There are a lot of ICD-10-CM codes for epilepsy, but I cannot find one that matches this description. Can you help? Massachusetts Subscriber Answer: This patient is suffering from epilepsy with grand mal seizures upon awakening. Unfortunately, there is not a specific diagnosis code for this [...]
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