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G32.81

Cerebellar ataxia in diseases classified elsewhere

Billable

Code Hierarchy

G32G32.8G32.81

Chapter: 6. Diseases of the nervous system

Section: G30-G32 - Other degenerative diseases of the nervous system

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with G32.81

  • G31.2 - systemic atrophy primarily affecting the central nervous system in alcoholic cerebellar ataxia (G31.2)
  • G13.2 - systemic atrophy primarily affecting the central nervous system in myxedema (G13.2)

Code First

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • celiac disease (with gluten ataxia) (K90.0)
  • cerebellar ataxia (in) neoplastic disease (paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration) (C00-D49)
  • non-celiac gluten ataxia (M35.9)

Related Codes

G32.89Billable

Other specified degenerative disorders of nervous system in diseases classified elsewhere

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