2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G51.4

Facial myokymia

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
  • G51.4 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 G51.4 became effective on October 1, 2022.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of G51.4 - other international versions of ICD-10 G51.4 may differ.
The following code(s) above G51.4 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 G51.4:
  • 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
  • G50-G59
    2023 ICD-10-CM Range G50-G59

    Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders

    Type 1 Excludes
    • current traumatic nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders - see Injury, nerve by body region
    • neuralgia NOS (M79.2)
    • neuritis NOS (M79.2)
    • peripheral neuritis in pregnancy (O26.82-)
    • radiculitis NOS (M54.1-)
    Nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders
  • G51
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G51

    Facial nerve disorders

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Includes
    • disorders of 7th cranial nerve
    Facial nerve disorders
Approximate Synonyms
  • Facial myokymia (muscle quivering)
  • Left facial myokymia
  • Left superior oblique myokymia
  • Myokymia of eye muscle (muscle quivering)
  • Myokymia, superior oblique
  • Right facial myokymia
  • Right superior oblique myokymia
ICD-10-CM G51.4 is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v40.0):
  • 073 Cranial and peripheral nerve disorders with mcc
  • 074 Cranial and peripheral nerve disorders without mcc

Convert G51.4 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 G51.4:
  • Type 1 Excludes: G25.3
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code G25.3

    Myoclonus

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Billable/Specific Code
    Applicable To
    • Drug-induced myoclonus
    • Palatal myoclonus
    Type 1 Excludes
    Use Additional
    • code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5)

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to G51.4:
  • Myokymia, facial G51.4

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To G51.4
G50.9 Disorder of trigeminal nerve, unspecified
G51 Facial nerve disorders
G51.0 Bell's palsy
G51.1 Geniculate ganglionitis
G51.2 Melkersson's syndrome
G51.3 Clonic hemifacial spasm
G51.31 …… right
G51.32 …… left
G51.33 …… bilateral
G51.39 …… unspecified
G51.4 Facial myokymia
G51.8 Other disorders of facial nerve
G51.9 Disorder of facial nerve, unspecified
G52 Disorders of other cranial nerves
G52.0 Disorders of olfactory nerve
G52.1 Disorders of glossopharyngeal nerve
G52.2 Disorders of vagus nerve
G52.3 Disorders of hypoglossal nerve
G52.7 Disorders of multiple cranial nerves
G52.8 Disorders of other specified cranial nerves
G52.9 Cranial nerve disorder, unspecified

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