ICD-10-CM Codes
G00-G99 Diseases of the nervous system
G20-G26 Extrapyramidal and movement disorders
G24- Dystonia
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G24.8

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G24.8

Other dystonia

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Billable/Specific Code

G24.8 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM G24.8 became effective on October 1, 2019.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G24.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 G24.8 may differ.

Applicable To

Acquired torsion dystonia NOS

The following code(s) above G24.8 contain annotation back-references

Annotation Back-References

In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:

Applicable To annotations, or
Code Also annotations, or
Code First annotations, or
Excludes1 annotations, or
Excludes2 annotations, or
Includes annotations, or
Note annotations, or
Use Additional annotations

that may be applicable to G24.8:

G00-G99
2020 ICD-10-CM Range G00-G99
Diseases of the nervous system
Type 2 Excludes
- 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)
Diseases of the nervous system
G24
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G24
Dystonia
Includes
- dyskinesia
Type 2 Excludes
- athetoid cerebral palsy (G80.3)
Dystonia

Approximate Synonyms

Cranial dystonia
Diurnal dystonia
Dystonia, cranial
Dystonia, dopa responsive
Dystonia, segmental
Hemidystonia
Segmental dystonia

ICD-10-CM G24.8 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):

091 Other disorders of nervous system with mcc
092 Other disorders of nervous system with cc
093 Other disorders of nervous system without cc/mcc

Convert G24.8 to ICD-9-CM

Code History

2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G24.8:

Dystonia G24.9
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G24.9
Dystonia, unspecified
Applicable To
Dyskinesia NOS
- torsion (familial) (idiopathic) G24.1
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G24.1
  Genetic torsion dystonia
  2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Dystonia deformans progressiva
  Dystonia musculorum deformans
  Familial torsion dystonia
  Idiopathic familial dystonia
  Idiopathic (torsion) dystonia NOS
  (Schwalbe-) Ziehen-Oppenheim disease
  - acquired G24.8
- lenticularis G24.8
- specified NEC G24.8

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G24.8

G24 Dystonia

G24.0 Drug induced dystonia

G24.01 Drug induced subacute dyskinesia

G24.02 Drug induced acute dystonia

G24.09 Other drug induced dystonia

G24.1 Genetic torsion dystonia

G24.2 Idiopathic nonfamilial dystonia

G24.3 Spasmodic torticollis

G24.4 Idiopathic orofacial dystonia

G24.5 Blepharospasm

G24.8 Other dystonia

G24.9 Dystonia, unspecified

G25 Other extrapyramidal and movement disorders

G25.0 Essential tremor

G25.1 Drug-induced tremor

G25.2 Other specified forms of tremor

G25.3 Myoclonus

G25.4 Drug-induced chorea

G25.5 Other chorea

G25.6 Drug induced tics and other tics of organic origin

G25.61 Drug induced tics

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G24.8

Other dystonia

Diseases of the nervous system

Dystonia

Dystonia, unspecified

Genetic torsion dystonia