ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code (2025)
Official Description for G31
Other degenerative diseases of nervous system, not elsewhere classified
Coding Notes & Guidelines for G31
- Alzheimer's disease (G30.-)
- senility NOS (R41.81)
- age related cognitive decline (R41.81)
- altered mental status (R41.82)
- cerebral degeneration (G31.9)
- cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69)
- change in mental status (R41.82)
- cognitive deficits following (sequelae of) cerebral hemorrhage or infarction (I69.01-, I69.11-, I69.21-, I69.31-, I69.81-, I69.91-)
- cognitive impairment due to intracranial or head injury (S06.-)
- dementia (F01.-, F02.-, F03.-)
- mild neurocognitive disorder due to a known physiological condition (F06.7-)
- neurologic neglect syndrome (R41.4)
- personality change, nonpsychotic (F68.8)
Reye's syndrome (G93.7)
- code, if applicable, for codes G31.0-G31.83, G31.85-G31.9, to identify:
- 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-)
code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)
code, if applicable, to identify mild neurocognitive disorders due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)
- code to identify presence of:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
- exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z77.22)
- history of tobacco dependence (Z87.891)
- hypertension (I10-I1A)
- occupational exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (Z57.31)
- tobacco dependence (F17.-)
- tobacco use (Z72.0)
- Primary progressive aphasia
- Progressive isolated aphasia
Frontal dementia
- Alcoholic cerebellar ataxia
- Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration
- Alcoholic cerebral degeneration
- Alcoholic encephalopathy
- Dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system due to alcohol
Grey-matter degeneration
Subacute necrotizing encephalopathy
- Lewy body dementia
- Lewy body disease
- Mild cognitive disorder NOS
- Mild neurocognitive disorder of uncertain or unknown etiology
associated alcoholism (F10.-)
Child Codes (More Specific Codes for G31):
About ICD-10-CM Code G31 (Other degenerative diseases of nervous system)
ICD-10-CM code G31 is a billable or specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2025 edition of ICD-10-CM G31 became effective on October 1, 2024.
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