ICD-10-CM Code for Epilepsy and recurrent seizures G40

ICD-10 code G40 for Epilepsy and recurrent seizures is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Epilepsy and recurrent seizures
Note: the following terms are to be considered equivalent to intractable: pharmacoresistant (pharmacologically resistant), treatment resistant, refractory (medically) and poorly controlled
Excludes1: conversion disorder with seizures (F44.5)
convulsions NOS (R56.9)
post traumatic seizures (R56.1)
seizure (convulsive) NOS (R56.9)
seizure of newborn (P90)
Excludes2: hippocampal sclerosis (G93.81)
mesial temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
Todd's paralysis (G83.84)
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