G25.3

Myoclonus

Billable / specific

G25.3 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

Applicable to

  • Drug-induced myoclonus
  • Palatal myoclonus

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

  • facial myokymia (G51.4)
  • myoclonic epilepsy (G40.-)

Excludes2

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G25)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G25)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G25)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G25)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G25)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G25)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G25)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G25)
  • sleep related movement disorders (G47.6-) (from G25)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Also known as

  • Drug-induced myoclonus
  • Palatal myoclonus
  • Convulsions, myoclonic
  • Disease, diseased, Friedreich's, myoclonia
  • Jerks, myoclonic
  • Myoclonus, myoclonic, myoclonia
  • Myoclonus, myoclonic, myoclonia, drug-induced
  • Myoclonus, myoclonic, myoclonia, familial progressive
  • Myoclonus, myoclonic, myoclonia, Friedreich's
  • Myoclonus, myoclonic, myoclonia, jerks
  • Myoclonus, myoclonic, myoclonia, massive
  • Myoclonus, myoclonic, myoclonia, palatal
  • Myoclonus, myoclonic, myoclonia, pharyngeal
  • Paramyoclonus multiplex

Parent code

  • G25Other extrapyramidal and movement disordersHeader

Related codes

  • G25.0Essential tremorBillable
  • G25.1Drug-induced tremorBillable
  • G25.2Other specified forms of tremorBillable
  • G25.4Drug-induced choreaBillable
  • G25.5Other choreaBillable
  • G25.6Drug induced tics and other tics of organic originHeader
  • G25.7Other and unspecified drug induced movement disordersHeader
  • G25.8Other specified extrapyramidal and movement disordersHeader
  • G25.9Extrapyramidal and movement disorder, unspecifiedBillable

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