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ICD-10-CM Code for Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus G40.909

ICD-10 code G40.909 for Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .

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Epilepsy, unspecified, not intractable, without status epilepticus
Epilepsy NOS
Epileptic convulsions NOS
Epileptic fits NOS
Epileptic seizures NOS
Recurrent seizures NOS
Seizure disorder NOS

G40

Excludes1: conversion disorder with seizures (F44.5)
convulsions NOS (R56.9)
post traumatic seizures (R56.1)
seizure (convulsive) NOS (R56.9)
seizure of newborn (P90)

Excludes2: hippocampal sclerosis (G93.81)
mesial temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
temporal sclerosis (G93.81)
Todd's paralysis (G83.84)

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