G25.9 — Extrapyramidal and movement disorder, unspecified
Is G25.9 billable?
Yes, but G25.9 is an unspecified code. G25.9 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. However, G25.9 is an unspecified or catch-all code. Payers apply additional scrutiny to unspecified codes and many deny them when the medical record supports a more specific option, so check the documentation before selecting G25.9 — the more specific alternatives are listed below.
G25.9 at a glance
| Code | G25.9 |
|---|---|
| Description | Extrapyramidal and movement disorder, unspecified |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does G25.9 group to?
G25.9 sits in MDC 01 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 056Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with MCCmedical
- 057Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without MCCmedical
As a secondary diagnosis, G25.9 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is G25.9 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to G25.9. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Degeneration, degenerative › extrapyramidal
- Disease, diseased › basal ganglia
- Disease, diseased › extrapyramidal
- Disorder › extrapyramidal (of)
- Disorder › movement (of)
- Lesion › basal ganglion (s) (nontraumatic)
- Sclerosis, sclerotic › extrapyramidal
- Syndrome › extrapyramidal
- Syndrome › ganglion
- Disorder › movement › treatment-induced (of)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 6
The conditions below are not part of G25.9, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, G25.9 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from G25
The conditions below are not part of G25.9, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, G25.9 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- sleep related movement disorders (G47.6-)
How long has G25.9 existed?
G25.9 has been in ICD-10-CM since at least FY2016, the earliest fiscal year on record here.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the G25 family? (9)
- G25.0Essential tremor
- G25.1Drug-induced tremor
- G25.2Other specified forms of tremor
- G25.3Myoclonus
- G25.4Drug-induced chorea
- G25.5Other chorea
- G25.6Drug induced tics and other tics of organic originnot billable
- G25.7Other and unspecified drug induced movement disordersnot billable
- G25.8Other specified extrapyramidal and movement disordersnot billable