G46.3

Brain stem stroke syndrome

Billable / specific

G46.3 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

  • Benedikt syndrome
  • Claude syndrome
  • Foville syndrome
  • Millard-Gubler syndrome
  • Wallenberg syndrome
  • Weber syndrome

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

  • Benedikt syndrome
  • Claude syndrome
  • Foville syndrome
  • Millard-Gubler syndrome
  • Wallenberg syndrome
  • Weber syndrome
  • Benedikt's paralysis or syndrome
  • Céstanparalysis or syndrome
  • Claude's disease or syndrome
  • Foville'sdisease or syndrome
  • Gubler-Millard paralysis or syndrome
  • Millard-Gublerparalysis or syndrome
  • Paralysis, paralytic, Benedikt's
  • Paralysis, paralytic, Céstan-Chenais
  • Paralysis, paralytic, Gubler
  • Paralysis, paralytic, Millard-Gubler-Foville
  • Paralysis, paralytic, Weber's
  • Syndrome, Benedikt's
  • Syndrome, brain stem stroke
  • Syndrome, Foville's
  • Syndrome, Gubler-Millard

Parent code

  • G46Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseasesHeader

Related codes

  • G46.0Middle cerebral artery syndromeBillable
  • G46.1Anterior cerebral artery syndromeBillable
  • G46.2Posterior cerebral artery 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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