G61.0 — Guillain-Barre syndrome
Is G61.0 billable?
Yes — G61.0 is billable for FY2027. G61.0 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. G61.0 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
G61.0 at a glance
| Code | G61.0 |
|---|---|
| Description | Guillain-Barre syndrome |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does G61.0 group to?
G61.0 sits in MDC 01 and helps define the logic of 3 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 094Bacterial and Tuberculous Infections of Nervous System with MCCmedical
- 095Bacterial and Tuberculous Infections of Nervous System with CCmedical
- 096Bacterial and Tuberculous Infections of Nervous System without CC/MCCmedical
As a secondary diagnosis, G61.0 is a complication or comorbidity (CC), which can move a stay into a higher-paying DRG.
How is G61.0 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to G61.0. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Barré-Guillain disease or syndrome
- Encephalomyeloradiculitis (acute)
- Encephalomyeloradiculoneuritis (acute) (Guillain-Barré)
- Guillain-Barré disease or syndrome
- Landry-Guillain-Barré, syndrome or paralysis
- Landry's disease or paralysis
- Miller Fisher syndrome
- Polyradiculoneuropathy (acute) (postinfective) (segmentally demyelinating)
- Disease, diseased › Guillain-Barré
- Disease, diseased › Landry's
- Neuritis › infectiousNEC (rheumatoid)
- Neuromyelitis › ascending
Inclusion terms
Alternative wording in documentation that is classified to G61.0.
- Acute (post-)infective polyneuritis
- Miller Fisher Syndrome
Excludes1 — never code together — inherited from G60-G65
The conditions below can never be reported together with G61.0 on the same claim. An Excludes1 note means the two conditions cannot occur in the same patient, so reporting both is a coding error.
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 6
The conditions below are not part of G61.0, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, G61.0 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)
How long has G61.0 existed?
G61.0 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.