G10
Huntington's disease
G10 is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for huntington's disease. It is part of the FY2027 code set, effective October 1, 2026. The Alphabetic Index lists it under 10 entries. Its coding notes include a Use additional code instruction and 8 Excludes2 entries.
Use additional code
Add the listed code as a secondary code, if known.
- code, if applicable, to identify:
- dementia with anxiety (F02.84, F02.A4, F02.B4, F02.C4)
- dementia with behavioral disturbance (F02.81-, F02.A1-, F02.B1-, F02.C1-)
- dementia with mood disturbance (F02.83, F02.A3, F02.B3, F02.C3)
- dementia with psychotic disturbance (F02.82, F02.A2, F02.B2, F02.C2)
- dementia without behavioral disturbance (F02.80, F02.A0, F02.B0, F02.C0)
- mild neurocognitive disorder due to known physiological condition (F06.7-)
Excludes2
Not included here. Both codes may be reported if the patient has both conditions.
Also from chapter/block level (8 notes)
- 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)
Care settings
How CMS programs treat this code. These are CMS claim edits and list entries, not coverage or eligibility rules.
Home Health Primary
Accepted as the primary (principal) diagnosis on a home health claim. The Home Health Grouper assigns it to the Neuro Rehabilitation clinical group.
Source: CMS Home Health Grouper Software v07.2.26, effective October 1, 2026Hospital CC
Counts as a complication or comorbidity (CC) when reported as a secondary diagnosis on an inpatient claim. It does not count when the principal diagnosis is one of the 67 codes in its exclusion list. Some MS-DRGs also ignore a CC or MCC that defines the DRG.
Source: CMS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v44, effective October 1, 2026, Appendix CIPF Primary
IPF MS-DRG adjustment. A principal diagnosis of this code groups to one of these MS-DRGs. Which one depends on other facts of the stay, so the factor is a range:
| MS-DRG | Description | Factor |
|---|---|---|
| 056 | Degenerative nervous system disorders w MCC | 1.12 |
| 057 | Degenerative nervous system disorders w/o MCC | 1.11 |
Inclusion terms
Conditions classified to this code.
- Huntington's chorea
- Huntington's dementia
Alphabetic Index terms
Terms the official Alphabetic Index lists for this code. 10 entries
- Chorea (chronic) (gravis) (posthemiplegic) (senile) (spasmodic), hereditary
- Chorea (chronic) (gravis) (posthemiplegic) (senile) (spasmodic), Huntington's
- Chorea (chronic) (gravis) (posthemiplegic) (senile) (spasmodic), progressive, hereditary
- Dementia (degenerative (primary)) (persisting) (unspecified severity) (without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety), in (due to), Huntington's disease or chorea
- Dementia (degenerative (primary)) (persisting) (unspecified severity) (without behavioral disturbance, psychotic disturbance, mood disturbance, and anxiety), in (due to), Huntington's disease or chorea, with behavioral disturbance
- Disease, diseased, Huntington's
- Disease, diseased, Huntington's, with dementia
- Huntington's disease or chorea
- Huntington's disease or chorea, with dementia
- Huntington's disease or chorea, with dementia, with behavioral disturbance