G46.0

Middle cerebral artery syndrome

Billable / specific

G46.0 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes2

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

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from G46)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from G46)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from G46)
  • congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from G46)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from G46)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from G46)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49) (from G46)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from G46)

Code first

Sequence the underlying condition first.

  • underlying cerebrovascular disease (I60-I69) (from G46)

Also known as

  • Syndrome, cerebral, artery, middle

Parent code

  • G46Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseasesHeader

Related codes

  • G46.1Anterior cerebral artery syndromeBillable
  • G46.2Posterior cerebral artery syndromeBillable
  • G46.3Brain stem stroke syndromeBillable
  • G46.4Cerebellar stroke syndromeBillable
  • G46.5Pure motor lacunar syndromeBillable
  • G46.6Pure sensory lacunar syndromeBillable
  • G46.7Other lacunar syndromesBillable
  • G46.8Other vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseasesBillable

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