Other headache syndromes
Non-billable header
G44 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- headache NOS (R51.9)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- 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)
- atypical facial pain (G50.1)
- headache due to lumbar puncture (G97.1)
- migraines (G43.-)
- trigeminal neuralgia (G50.0)
More specific codes G44
- G44.0Cluster headaches and other trigeminal autonomic cephalgias (TAC)Header
- G44.1Vascular headache, not elsewhere classifiedBillable
- G44.2Tension-type headacheHeader
- G44.3Post-traumatic headacheHeader
- G44.4Drug-induced headache, not elsewhere classifiedHeader
- G44.5Complicated headache syndromesHeader
- G44.8Other specified headache syndromesHeader