G32.81

Cerebellar ataxia in diseases classified elsewhere

Billable / specificHCC V28 182

G32.81 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

systemic atrophy primarily affecting the central nervous system in alcoholic cerebellar ataxia (G31.2)
systemic atrophy primarily affecting the central nervous system in myxedema (G13.2)
superior hemorrhagic polioencephalitis [Wernicke's encephalopathy] (E51.2) (from G32.8)

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

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G32)
certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G32)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G32)
congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G32)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G32)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G32)
neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G32)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G32)

Sequence the underlying condition first.

underlying disease, such as:
celiac disease (with gluten ataxia) (K90.0)
cerebellar ataxia (in) neoplastic disease (paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration) (C00-D49)
non-celiac gluten ataxia (M35.9)
underlying disease, such as: (from G32.8)
amyloidosis cerebral degeneration (E85.-) (from G32.8)
cerebral degeneration (due to) hypothyroidism (E00.0-E03.9) (from G32.8)
cerebral degeneration (due to) neoplasm (C00-D49) (from G32.8)
cerebral degeneration (due to) vitamin B deficiency, except thiamine (E52-E53.-) (from G32.8)

G32.8Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhereHeader

G32.89Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhereBillable