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ICD-10-CM Code for Alzheimer's disease G30

ICD-10 code G30 for Alzheimer's disease is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Official Long Descriptor

Alzheimer's disease
Includes: Alzheimer's dementia senile and presenile forms
Use additional code, if applicable, to identify:
delirium, if applicable (F05)
dementia with anxiety (F02.84, F02.A4, F02.B4, F02.C4)
dementia with behavioral disturbance (F02.81-, F02.A1-, F02.B1-, F02.C1-)
dementia with mood disturbance (F02.83, F02.A3, F02.B3, F02.C3)
dementia with psychotic disturbance (F02.82, F02.A2, F02.B2, F02.C2)
dementia without behavioral disturbance (F02.80, F02.A0, F02.B0, F02.C0)
mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)
Excludes1: senile degeneration of brain NEC (G31.1)
senile dementia NOS (F03)
senility NOS (R41.81)
 
G30 Alzheimer's disease
Child Code
Alzheimer's disease with early onset
Child Code
Alzheimer's disease with late onset
Child Code
Other Alzheimer's disease
Child Code
Alzheimer's disease, unspecified

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Use additional/code also notes in code book
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Use additional/code also notes in code book
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Manifestation codes
[QUOTE="warrenfamily103@gmail.com, post: 488934, member: 599309"] Great, thanks. I wasn’t sure if the provider needed to specifically state that there wasn’t any behavioral disturbance or not. So ... [ Read More ]
Manifestation codes
I wanted to clarify something... for a diagnosis such as Alzheimer’s dementia, G30.9 it directs you to use an additional code to identify whether it’s with behavioral disturbance or not. Does the ... [ Read More ]
Early onset vs late onset alzheimer's disease
:o[QUOTE="trichards139, post: 416028, member: 55488"]Does anyone know if when documentation does not specify early or late onset for Alzheimer's disease, can you default to "late" G30.1 instead of usi... [ Read More ]
Early onset vs late onset alzheimer's disease
Does anyone know if when documentation does not specify early or late onset for Alzheimer's disease, can you default to "late" G30.1 instead of using G30.9 which is "unspecified"? My thoughts are tha... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 coding for agitation and Alzheimer's disease
[b]coding for agitation and AD[/b] [QUOTE="hbajnrauh, post: 405291, member: 394727"]Can someone please tell me what ICD-10 code to use for agitation for Alzheimer's Disease? Thank you.[/QUOTE] I w... [ Read More ]
G30.8 vs G30.9
What documentation does physician need to distinguish between G30.8 and G30.9? Physician has specified dementia with behavioral disturbance (F02.81).... [ Read More ]
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