2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G25.0

Essential tremor

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • G25.0 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM G25.0 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G25.0 - other international versions of ICD-10 G25.0 may differ.
Applicable To
  • Familial tremor
Type 1 Excludes
Type 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as G25.0. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
  • tremor NOS (
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R25.1

    Tremor, unspecified

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    R25.1
    )
The following code(s) above G25.0 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 G25.0:
  • G00-G99
    2023 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
  • G25
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G25

    Other extrapyramidal and movement disorders

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 2 Excludes
    • sleep related movement disorders (G47.6-)
    Other extrapyramidal and movement disorders
Approximate Synonyms
  • Tremor, essential
Clinical Information
  • A relatively common disorder characterized by a fairly specific pattern of tremors which are most prominent in the upper extremities and neck, inducing titubations of the head. The tremor is usually mild, but when severe may be disabling. An autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance may occur in some families (i.e., familial tremor). (mov disord 1988;13(1):5-10)
ICD-10-CM G25.0 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 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 G25.0 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
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
  • 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
  • 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to G25.0:
  • Type 1 Excludes: R25.1
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R25.1

    Tremor, unspecified

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G25.0:
  • Tremor(s) R25.1
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R25.1

    Tremor, unspecified

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Type 1 Excludes
    • essential G25.0 (benign)
    • familial G25.0
    • hereditary G25.0

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G25.0
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
G25.69 Other tics of organic origin
G25.7 Other and unspecified drug induced movement disorders
G25.70 Drug induced movement disorder, unspecified

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